Bug 1575466 (CVE-2018-1122) - CVE-2018-1122 procps-ng, procps: Local privilege escalation in top
Summary: CVE-2018-1122 procps-ng, procps: Local privilege escalation in top
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-1122
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1577023 1577024 1579639 1579640 1802798 1802799 1805210
Blocks: 1575455
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-05-07 02:01 UTC by Doran Moppert
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:22 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: procps-ng 3.3.15
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If the HOME environment variable is unset or empty, top will read its configuration file from the current working directory without any security check. 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.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:21:20 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2189 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:26:03 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0595 0 None None None 2020-02-25 12:11:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1265 0 None None None 2020-04-01 08:33:07 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1464 0 None None None 2020-04-14 17:40:14 UTC

Description Doran Moppert 2018-05-07 02:01:52 UTC 
If the HOME environment variable is unset or empty, top will read its configuration file from the current working directory without any security check.  If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could acieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.
Comment 6 Adam Mariš 2018-05-16 11:17:05 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: Qualys Research Labs
Comment 7 Doran Moppert 2018-05-18 05:13:46 UTC 
Public via: http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
Comment 8 Doran Moppert 2018-05-18 05:13:52 UTC 
External References:

https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
Comment 9 Doran Moppert 2018-05-18 05:14:16 UTC 
Created procps-ng tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1579639]
Comment 11 Doran Moppert 2018-12-12 02:54:13 UTC 
CVSSv3 scoring has been reviewed.  Changed the AC (Attack Complexity) metric from Low to High, as exploiting this flaw relies on the target user running `top` with an unset or empty `HOME` environment variable and in a directory controlled by the attacker.  This is unusual, and certainly beyond the attacker's control.

Note that our score differs from NVD in one respect:  User Interaction: None (NVD) vs Required (Red Hat).  Exploitation requires the target user to run `top` in an attacker-controlled directory.  `top` is an interactive tool:  while it does support a batch mode that might be used from a script, the extra conditions for exploitation are extremely unlikely to be met by a script that is run unattended.  We regard plausible attack scenarios using this flaw to target a user that is interactively running `top`.
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:26:02 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2019:2189 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2189
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2020-02-25 12:11:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update Support
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:0595 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0595
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-01 08:33:03 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:1265 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1265
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2020-04-14 17:40:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:1464 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1464
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