PinTheft Linux Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access – PoC Released

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was published for a new Linux Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability dubbed “PinTheft.” Discovered by Aaron Esau of the V12 security team, the flaw allows local attackers to gain root access by exploiting an RDS zerocopy double-free bug. A kernel patch is currently available, prompting the researchers to release their PoC […] The post PinTheft Linux Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access – PoC Released appeared first on Cyber Security News.