Submission + - Easy Root Exploit in Linux Desktop (blogspot.com)
Dark Coder writes: Rafal (of invisiblethingslab.com) details a method of gaining root in a Linux Desktop (for Fun and Profit *wink* *wink*).
Joanna Rutkowska blogs that this even circumvents the famed NSA Secured-Edition Linux sandboxing of Xorg.
Details all in here.
Biggest ramification is that this is not a bug, but a Xorg design feature!
Joanna Rutkowska blogs that this even circumvents the famed NSA Secured-Edition Linux sandboxing of Xorg.
Details all in here.
Biggest ramification is that this is not a bug, but a Xorg design feature!