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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1122

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1122 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

procps-ng before version 3.3.15 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation in top. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12procps0, 0, 0
Debian:14procps0, 0, 0
Debian:13procps0, 0, 0
Debian:11procps0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 23, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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