Every Linux Distro Is Vulnerable To A Bug That Could Give Hackers Complete Control

Jeff Butts

HotHardware


Every Linux Distro Is Vulnerable To A Bug That Could Give Hackers Complete Control

Every Linux Distro Is Vulnerable To A Bug That Could Give Hackers Complete Control Even with malware attacks against Linux on the rise, a major security vulnerability has somehow been lurking in every Linux distribution for a dozen years. Just hours after the bug became public, a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit showed up in the wild. The problem lies within a system utility called Polkit, which grants attackers root privileges

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