Privilege Escalation on modern versions of Linux

11th June 2021

Ubuntu 18+ and a number of other modern distros using Polkit have a vuln that allows privilege escalation to root.
a video by the bug’s discoverer shows it’s not that hard to do.
more into Here https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/