Read the original article: Now-patched Ubuntu desktop vulnerability allows privilege escalation
‘Unusual for a vulnerability on a modern operating system to be this easy to exploit,’ says bughunter
GitHub security researcher Kevin Backhouse found bugs in Ubuntu 20.04 (a long-term support release) which enabled any desktop user to get root access. The vulnerabilities have now been patched.…
Read the original article: Now-patched Ubuntu desktop vulnerability allows privilege escalation