Microsoft points at Linux and shouts: Look, look! Privilege-escalation flaws here, too!

The Register – Security

Will Redmond start code-naming Windows make-me-admin bugs?

Flaws in networkd-dispatcher, a service used in the Linux world, can be exploited by a rogue logged-in user or application to escalate their privileges to root level, allowing the box to be commandeered, Microsoft researchers said Wednnesday.…