A vulnerability in the Linux sudo command has been discovered that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard configurations ...

Security researchers have discovered a new, critical flaw in the Linux kernel that attackers can exploit to gain root access. No patches are yet available to fix ...

A researcher shared their findings with Linux distro maintainers, but leaked before a patch was built.

A new Linux zero-day vulnerability, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux ...

Hot on the heels of Copy Fail comes Dirty Frag. A Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch, giving hackers root.

The 'sudo' keyword in Unix and Linux allows users to execute certain commands with special-access privileges that cannot otherwise run on a given machine by a user with a lower level of clearance.

The bug allows users to bypass privilege restrictions to execute commands as root. A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even ...

Dirty Frag exposes Linux systems to root escalation through chained kernel flaws, impacting Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, and others.