Article 41KFE This two-year-old X.org give-me-root hole is so trivial to exploit, you can fit it in a single tweet

This two-year-old X.org give-me-root hole is so trivial to exploit, you can fit it in a single tweet

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Story ImageOverwrite arbitrary files? Load arbitrary code? As setuid root? Sure, why not!

X.org, the X Window server used by various desktop Linux and BSD operating systems, has - depending on its configuration - a security vulnerability that can be exploited to gain root powers."

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