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Week in review: Sudo local privilege escalation flaws fixed, Google patches actively exploited Chrome - Help Net Security

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed

1 week ago

Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users Gain Root Access on Linux, Impacting Major Distros

Two critical vulnerabilities in Sudo command-line tool allow privilege escalation for local attackers on Linux systems

2 weeks ago

Critical sudo flaw allows Linux users to gain root privileges.

Cisco patches maximum-severity flaw in Unified Communications Manager. Hunters International shuts down operations.

2 weeks ago

12-Year-Old Sudo Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Privilege Escalation

The flaw, present in Sudo’s codebase for over 12 years, was discovered by Rich Mirch of the Stratascale Cyber Research Unit and affects both stable (v1.9.0–1.9.17) and legacy (v1.8.8–1.8.32) versions of Sudo.

2 weeks ago

12-Year-Old Sudo Vulnerability Exposes Linux Systems to Root Privilege Escalation

A newly disclosed vulnerability in the Sudo command-line tool, present for over 12 years, has exposed countless Linux and Unix-like systems.

2 weeks ago

12-Year-Old Sudo Linux Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation to Root User

A significant security vulnerability discovered in the widely used Sudo utility has remained hidden for over 12 years, potentially exposing millions of Linux and Unix systems to privilege escalation attacks. 

2 weeks ago

Linux Pwned! Privilege Escalation on SUDO in 5 seconds. HackerHood tests the CVE-2025-32463 exploit

Critical vulnerability in SUDO: Privilege escalation to root on Linux, risks and solutions. Exploit testing of CVE-2025-32463.

2 weeks ago

chwoot: Critical Linux vulnerability makes users root on most systems

An example exploit is available online and works on many standard systems. Admins should quickly install the available updates.

2 weeks ago

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463) - Help Net Security

If you haven't recently updated the Sudo utility on your Linux box(es), you should do so now, to patch CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463.

2 weeks ago

Linux Sudo chroot Vulnerability Enables Hackers to Elevate Privileges to Root

A security vulnerability in the widely used Linux Sudo utility has been disclosed, allowing any local unprivileged user to escalate privileges. 

2 weeks ago

CVE-2023-22809 Impact of Sudo Vulnerability CVE-2023-22809

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory: CVE-2023-22809 Impact of Sudo Vulnerability CVE-2023-22809 The Palo Alto Networks Product Security Assurance team has evaluated the sudo software vulnerability CVE-2023-22809 and has determined that the following Palo Alto Networks products do not expose the sud...

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