CVE-2018-1122

mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.27% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 4.4 · medium

Is it mine?

40 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–7.3

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 6.4

v3.07highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1 · impact 5.9

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

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CWE-829USCWE-829US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44806Procps-ng - Multiple VulnerabilitiesPoC · exploit_db

affected products (40)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell PowerEdge T40all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:dell:poweredge:t40
Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16all versionscert_bundDE
F5 BIG-IPall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:f5:big-ip:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
[UNKNOWN] procps-ng, procps≤ procps-ng 3.3.15enisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 12.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 14.04 ESMfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 18.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 16.04 LTSfstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 17.10fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.0fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-0517Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-08-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um dadurch die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.

also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-05-23modified 2026-06-17

references (55)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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