A researcher has discovered a new vulnerability called "Dirty_Sock" in the REST API for Canonical's snapd daemon that can allow attackers to gain root access on Linux machines. To illustrate how ...

Two new vulnerabilities affecting Linux were uncovered this week that could potentially be used by malicious hackers to gain root privileges. One vulnerability, which was reported on Tuesday by ...

A new Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Looney Tunables. that can bump basic users to root was discovered, affecting a plethora of Linux installations.

Dirty Sock vulnerability lets attackers gain root access on Linux systems After Dirty COW caused headaches in 2016, now Linux sysadmins have to worry about Dirty Sock.

A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even if that root access has been specifically disallowed.

Qualys said the vuln gives any local user root access to systems running the most popular version of Sudo.

A major vulnerability impacting a large chunk of the Linux ecosystem has been patched today in Sudo, an app that allows admins to delegate limited root access to other users. As reported by ZDNet ...

Microsoft finds Linux desktop flaw that gives root to untrusted users Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities can be used to gain persistent root access.