Vulnerability Snapshot
This advisory is rated CRITICAL — exploitation is trivial or already observed in the wild and impact is severe. Patch immediately, not on the next maintenance window.
Executive Summary
A race condition in PackageKit allows unprivileged users to escalate privileges when installing packages. The post Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access appeared first on SecurityWeek. ]]>
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