Sudo Bug Gives Root Access to Mass Numbers of Linux Systems
minute read Share this article: Qualys said the vuln gives any local user root access to systems running the most popular version of Sudo. A doozy of a bug that could allow any local user on most Linux or Unix systems to gain root access has been uncovered — and it had been sitting there for a decade, researchers said. The bug was found in Sudo, a utility built into most Unix and Linux operating systems that lets a user without security privileges access and run a program with the credentials of another user. Qualys researchers named the vulnerability “Baron Samedit,” track...
Source: threatpost.com