vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2018-1122: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 22, 2018 | Jun 29, 2018 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 22, 2018
Added
Jun 29, 2018
Modified
Jan 28, 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.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-libprocps3suse-upgrade-libprocps7suse-upgrade-procpssuse-upgrade-procps-devel
References
Rapid7 Labs
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