vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-1122: Moderate: procps-ng security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 23, 2018 | Aug 7, 2019 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 23, 2018
Added
Aug 7, 2019
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution(s)
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-procps-ngredhat-upgrade-procps-ng-debuginforedhat-upgrade-procps-ng-develredhat-upgrade-procps-ng-i18n
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