CVE-2018-1122

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.

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.

procps-ng en versiones anteriores a la 3.3.15 es vulnerable a un escalado de privilegios locales en top. Si un usuario ejecuta top sin establecer HOME en un directorio controlado por el atacante, este podría lograr el escalado de privilegios explotando una de las varias vulnerabilidades existentes en la función config_file().