The vulnerability, known as “Looney Tunables” and tracked as CVE-2023-4911, allows attackers to gain root privileges on major Linux distributions. It affects popular platforms like Fedora, Ubuntu, and Debian.
Oct 04, 2023THNEndpoint Security / Vulnerability A new Linux security vulnerability dubbed Looney Tunables has been discovered in the GNU C library’s ld.so dynamic loader that, if successfully exploited, could lead to a local privilege escalation and allow a threat actor to gain root privileges. Tracked as CVE-2023-4911 (CVSS score: 7.8), the issue is a […]