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Local Root Exploit in Linux 2.4 and 2.6

Posted by michael on from the without-users-this-wouldn't-be-a-problem dept.

Anonymous Coattails writes "Summary from the advisory: 'Locally exploitable flaws have been found in the Linux binary format loaders' uselib() functions that allow local users to gain root privileges.'"

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  1. because everyone is root on MS by goombah99 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    you dont need a local root exploit on Windows because everyone is root by default

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