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Hacker News: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation

Nov 14, 2024

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Source URL: https://snyk.io/blog/abusing-ubuntu-root-privilege-escalation/ Source: Hacker News Title: Abusing Ubuntu 24.04 features for root privilege escalation Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text presents a detailed case study of a vulnerability exploitation chain discovered in Ubuntu 24.04, demonstrating a privilege escalation from a default user to root through the improper handling of…
The Register: ‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks

Oct 7, 2024

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/07/critical_cups_vulnerability_chain_easy/ Source: The Register Title: ‘Critical’ CUPS vulnerability chain easy to use for massive DDoS attacks Feedly Summary: Also, rooting for Russian cybercriminals, a new DDoS record, sneaky Linux server malware and more Infosec In Brief The critical vulnerability in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) reported last week might have required some…