PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation vulnerability, now has a publicly available proof-of-concept (PoC) ...
A newly disclosed vulnerability in a Linux program can be exploited for local privilege escalation — and ultimately to acquire root privileges, researchers at cybersecurity vendor Qualys said today.
A missing check allows unprivileged attackers to escape containers and execute arbitrary commands in the kernel. To go along with the “Dirty Pipe” Linux security bug coming to light, two researchers ...
The issue impacts many large distros with GUI interfaces. A local privilege-escalation and file-overwrite vulnerability in X.Org X server opens the door to trivial compromise in Linux systems that use ...
A pair of newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Fragnesia, allow a local attacker to corrupt the ...
On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. PinTheft, a recently patched Linux privilege escalation ...
A set of newly identified vulnerabilities in the Linux security module AppArmor could allow attackers to gain root access, bypass system protections and trigger service outages across millions of ...
Researchers found an easy-to-exploit vulnerability in Snap, a universal application packaging and distribution system developed for Ubuntu but available on multiple Linux distributions. The flaw ...
CISA warns that the nine-year-old Linux Copy Fail flaw is being actively exploited, allowing local attackers to gain root access on affected systems.