ikidd@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoNew Linux Flaws Enable Full Root Access via PAM and Udisks Across Major Distributionsthehackernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months ago By chaining legitimate services such as udisks loop-mounts and PAM/environment quirks, attackers who own any active GUI or SSH session can vault across polkit’s allow_active trust zone and emerge as root in seconds. I recognize a few of those words.
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