Linux has been exploited by a highly severe vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847) that is being called ‘Dirty Pipe’. This vulnerability can allow local users to gain root privileges through publicly available exploits and is considered one of the most significant Linux security vulnerabilities that have been discovered since 2016 when another high-severity and easy-to-exploit Linux bug (dubbed … Continue reading “New Linux Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild (Dirty Pipe) (CVE-2022-0847)”
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GRUB2 Boothole Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713)
On 29th July 2020, a team of security researchers disclosed a high priority bug in GRUB2(GRand Unified Bootloader version 2) , affecting billions of Linux and Windows systems using secure boot. CVE-2020-10713 is assigned to this buffer overflow vulnerability, termed as “Boothole”. “Boothole” Secure Boot is designed to verify all the firmware of the computer … Continue reading “GRUB2 Boothole Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10713)”