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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.
Base Score
7| Base Score | 7 |
|---|---|
| Vector String | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Base Severity | High |
| Version | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector (AV) | LOCAL |