The sudo command is a very important command on Linux systems. You might say that it allows users to run privileged commands without logging in as root, and that is true. However, the more ...

A user with sudo privileges; How to create a sudo-able user on Ubuntu Server. First, we’ll demonstrate how this is done on Ubuntu Server. Here, you can take care of creating the user with only ...

Using these exploits, the researchers were able to obtain full root privileges on multiple Linux distributions, including Debian 10 (Sudo 1.8.27), Ubuntu 20.04 (Sudo 1.8.31), and Fedora 33 (Sudo 1 ...

Qualys said it has been able to independently verify the vulnerability, develop an exploit, and obtain full root privileges on default installations of Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and CentOS.

PwnKit bug in Linux lets an unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on the system The 12-year-old flaw exists in the pkexec component of Polkit system utility ...

A newly discovered 12-year-old vulnerability in a Linux system tool can give attackers root privileges on machines running the operating system.Discovered and described Tuesday by researchers at ...

In March, the user Notselwyn published a proof-of-concept exploit that demonstrates the exploitation of the vulnerability to gain root privileges with a high degree of reliability.