Apple has rolled out a fix for a critical sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave that could allow unauthenticated local users to gain root-level privileges on the system. "A local attacker may be able to elevate their privileges," Apple said in a security advisory. "This issue was addressed by updating to sudo version 1.9.5p2." Sudo is a common utility built … [Read more...] about Apple Patches 10-Year-Old macOS SUDO Root Privilege Escalation Bug
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Sudo Flaw Lets Linux Users Run Commands As Root Even When They’re Restricted
Attention Linux Users!A new vulnerability has been discovered in Sudo—one of the most important, powerful, and commonly used utilities that comes as a core command installed on almost every UNIX and Linux-based operating system.The vulnerability in question is a sudo security policy bypass issue that could allow a malicious user or a program to execute arbitrary commands as … [Read more...] about Sudo Flaw Lets Linux Users Run Commands As Root Even When They’re Restricted