Pierluigi Paganini
July 04, 2025
Critical Sudo flaws let local users gain root access on Linux systems, the vulnerabilities affect major Linux distributions. Cybersecurity researchers disclosed two vulnerabilities in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Local attackers can exploit the vulnerabilities to escalate privileges to root on affected systems. Sudo (short for “superuser do”) is a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 31, 2021
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) warns of a vulnerability in Sudo open-source program used in its Aruba AirWave management platform. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is warning of a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Sudo open-source program used within its Aruba AirWave management platform. The Aruba AirWave management platform is a real-time monitoring and security alert platform designed by […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 03, 2021
Experts warn that the recently discovered heap-based buffer overflow bug in Linux SUDO also impacts the latest version of Apple macOS Big Sur. Recently Qualys researchers found a Sudo vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3156, that has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2021
CVE-2021-3156 Sudo vulnerability has allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without authentication. Sudo is one of the most important, powerful, and commonly used utilities that comes as a core command pre-installed on macOS and almost every UNIX or Linux-based operating system. sudo is a program for Unix-like computer operating systems that allows […]
Pierluigi Paganini
May 31, 2017
Security researchers at Qualys Security have discovered a Linux Flaw that could be exploited to escalate privileges and overwrite any file on the filesystem. Security researchers at Qualys Security have discovered a Linux flaw that could be exploited to gain root privileges and overwrite any file on the filesystem on SELinux-enabled systems. The high severity flaw, tracked […]
