Is CVE-2018-1122 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1122 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1122?

CVE-2018-1122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1122?

CVE-2018-1122 has an EPSS score of 1.30% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1122?

Upgrade procps on debian 11 to 2:3.3.15-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1122

HIGH

7.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-829

How to fix

Remediation Available

procpsDebian

Fixed in:2:3.3.15-1CVE-2018-1122

libprocps3Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3USN-3658-1

libprocps4Ubuntu

Fixed in:2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4USN-3658-1

libprocps6Ubuntu

Fixed in:2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1USN-3658-1

procpsUbuntu

Fixed in:1:3.3.9-1ubuntu2.3USN-3658-1

Fixed in:2:3.3.10-4ubuntu2.4USN-3658-1

Fixed in:2:3.3.12-3ubuntu1.1USN-3658-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory8

Other references4

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.