cve/2018/CVE-2018-1122.md

### [CVE-2018-1122](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1122)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q2/122
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44806/
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt
- https://www.qualys.com/2018/05/17/procps-ng-audit-report-advisory.txt

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.