Another Old Exploit Found in Many Linux Distros. – The Engineering of Conscious Experience

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In this video I cover the polkit vulnerability recently uncovered that affects many desktop linux distros such as fedora ubuntu and linux mint

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class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241266"><time datetime="2021-06-19T02:43:54-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 2:43 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Please make a video about hypixel ddos.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241265" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241265" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgWC__vkrgDDhawiWR7ojqw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">koushi</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241265"><time datetime="2021-06-19T02:47:15-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 2:47 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Oh look at that, another vulnerability in software that I have masked years ago</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241264" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241264" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqgQ60V1TPyCIfcVKgk6Qw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Sollace</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241264"><time datetime="2021-06-19T03:05:28-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 3:05 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Does anyone have a source for the video featured here?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241263" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241263" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfM0Z7xMD3CO23dnLTYnG1Q" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">AussieEevee</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241263"><time datetime="2021-06-19T03:05:52-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 3:05 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>The most important thing to take away from this is keep your systems updated. The Linux teams are VERY good at patching exploits in a timely manner (Unlike Redmond), so as long as you keep everything up to date, you'll be fine.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241262" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241262" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5TkyAx2ETZYc0i86eg8Hmw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">mo mq</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241262"><time datetime="2021-06-19T03:08:49-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 3:08 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Can you talk about RISCV? Thanks~</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241261" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241261" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEs5P2vRZ-IdD2-Q38lDC5Q" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Silimma Hemeen</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241261"><time datetime="2021-06-19T04:00:07-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 4:00 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Zg_iuzF6w&t=5m50s">5:50</a> "(Linux was) originally meant to be a server (system)"<br />What?? Linus made it for himself for desktop use. And although Linux took over server, he said he regrets that it didn't take over personal computers.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241260" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241260" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfjxn2oD0qReN3_Fqi_-GtA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Dakata</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241260"><time datetime="2021-06-19T04:01:09-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 4:01 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>sudo pacman -Syu</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241259" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241259" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXtTxerJOdn8uMQaAoBbzrA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Daringcuteseal</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241259"><time datetime="2021-06-19T04:07:27-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 4:07 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>rip I can't check if I'm safe, I spilled my tea to my laptop and I'm drying it lol</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241258" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241258" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1e-WeQxUiMaKBTdp-DCewg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Fawzan Fawzi</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241258"><time datetime="2021-06-19T04:19:19-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 4:19 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Isn't polkit used for pkexec for some gui applications or you can just omit polkit entirely?</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241257" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241257" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJGYhXMsGDyRwrtbFLFyVeA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">uiop uiop</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241257"><time datetime="2021-06-19T06:32:53-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 6:32 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>when daddy updates you before upgrading …. (yokka yokka lee)</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241256" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241256" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4vK6EFGLz6qUPmZ-dBPYSw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">cherubin7th</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241256"><time datetime="2021-06-19T07:26:13-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 7:26 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>We are still in the stone age of computer science for sure.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241255" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241255" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM3KzBt4c-uNrDoRWMSX40w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">MrCumberlander1</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241255"><time datetime="2021-06-19T08:14:05-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 8:14 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Priviledge escalation exploits on software that doesnt have the rights to manage priviledges is exceedingly rare. If there's going to be one, it's going to be in one managing priviledges. That's not odd, abnormal, or an exceptionally bad fail by any standard. It happens.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241254" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241254" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BqPgVHntT_Nu3FgOIsviA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Michał Maj</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241254"><time datetime="2021-06-19T09:16:59-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 9:16 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>It's just gnome. Many distros use it. And it Has many dependencies – no way to run it without systemd. That's the answer</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241253" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241253" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiI_kRDyiPZ_8wGOYgUPV2w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">antsolja</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241253"><time datetime="2021-06-19T09:34:49-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 9:34 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>if this was windows the bug would never have been fixed and people would only know about it when a million pcs got hacked</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241252" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241252" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiI_kRDyiPZ_8wGOYgUPV2w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">antsolja</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241252"><time datetime="2021-06-19T09:42:57-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 9:42 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>a bug found is a bug fixed, unless the bug is on windows then its a bug ignored</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241251" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241251" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvwvqn2yI9gDXN2ku44stwg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">nabi</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241251"><time datetime="2021-06-19T09:59:21-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 9:59 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I thought you said 'v bucks' xd</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241250" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241250" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi8qNdzDxVEasFlKnCN88yw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">The Tutorials</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241250"><time datetime="2021-06-19T11:28:50-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 11:28 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I think that Linux was meant to be a desktop OS, but because Windows/DOS was easier to use at the time, people stayed with Windows/DOS and only enterprises moved from paid Unix to free Linux</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241249" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241249" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOwmqtRPxbccZzcankpi2ng" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">azatecas</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241249"><time datetime="2021-06-19T14:05:42-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 2:05 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>oh no, my hannah montana distro is in trouble</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241248" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241248" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6qXjr7-2g93eMhGGEESZuA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Nicefisher</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241248"><time datetime="2021-06-19T14:42:20-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 2:42 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Linux: oh no polkit is vulnerable, let me just run sudo dnf update<br />Windows: oh no, somethings broken (idk what), let me wait it a few minutes for the check for updates button to refresh so I can restart my entire computer and wait another 5 minutes</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241247" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241247" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Ah8yxJze7RsQQyicNrmw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">mrlithium</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241247"><time datetime="2021-06-19T16:01:36-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 4:01 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>try building polkit on a fresh install of gentoo, then tell me how simple it is</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241246" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241246" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCep1WdtTGl3z3Jq0E3n439g" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">lolocan100</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241246"><time datetime="2021-06-19T20:10:49-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 8:10 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Ufc security in these times, i just managed to dual boot an win7 manjaro on a 10year old 4gb laptop, damn that oesky uefi firmware!</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241245" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241245" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw4q4yJK_psBdP8oL8_Q2Tg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Berb</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241245"><time datetime="2021-06-19T20:12:52-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 8:12 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I run alpine on my server so this actually doesn't affect me. Neat!</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241244" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241244" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvZrXj5cdd7_yaD6rWPPiEA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Thế Hiển</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241244"><time datetime="2021-06-19T20:17:23-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 8:17 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>oh yeah, gotta emerge –ask –update –deep sys-auth/polkit</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241243" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241243" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6N-bWWTwOKGQx2iy3k56Q" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">antisocrates</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241243"><time datetime="2021-06-19T23:06:01-07:00">June 19, 2021 at 11:06 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Just use freebsd or openbsd</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241242" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241242" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCot56Btony5vt8OnMcAz-SQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Radoslav Ivanov</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241242"><time datetime="2021-06-20T01:21:38-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 1:21 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Only One Word: Debian</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241241" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241241" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCR5kp7FZZ0CFYLAUZRcypA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">VoidCrunch</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241241"><time datetime="2021-06-20T01:46:13-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 1:46 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Oh, it's that hemorrhoid polkit again…</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241240" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241240" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDFrvG33ZI_ZIlgJO95jmKQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Louis Raymond</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241240"><time datetime="2021-06-20T03:07:05-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 3:07 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>it's probably used because it allows for more strict policy/permission control over one application. I have tried relying only with sudo and su. And many programs actually requires it to be able to work as expected. The same goes with dbus, even though I did not need ipc.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241239" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241239" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2aiIqd2aKTwaUILe6BW8zw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">J Scott Upton</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241239"><time datetime="2021-06-20T11:14:33-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 11:14 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>"Who do you trust?" I trust open source over proprietary. The end.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241238" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241238" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfSoMURfdv12fdHRmCzTh_Q" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">dziadekw LFE Linux For Everyone</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241238"><time datetime="2021-06-20T15:18:55-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 3:18 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p><a href="http://1.you/">1.You</a> need a machine that you a have local access to or ssh. <br />2.Ssh is password protected so on way or another you must be a user of a system in a first place.<br />3.This bug is a local bug. No real danger for home users. <br /><a href="http://4.in/">4.In</a> corporate server environments we do not even use gui nor gnome pol-kit shiped with gui elements so server wise it is BS.<br />5.But let say you pull this of via gui or ssh on "company server", you will lost your job. <br /><a href="http://6.now/">6.Now</a> You must tinkering with logs to hide this incredible achievement of yours, but if you delete them completely, <br />you put it department in an red alert state, so there is a slight chance if you only delete few lines that points on your actions,<br />and since it was found (the bug ) it is already patched.<br />Think twice till you start scare people to get more views.<br />Just because we do not use gentoo we are not morons, do not treat us as such.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241237" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241237" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMB5PpYdAilyFtP09h_i76g" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Falxie_</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241237"><time datetime="2021-06-20T17:17:54-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 5:17 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Guess it's time to run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241236" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241236" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dRY_NAmeTJmzrEQEYSKLg" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">BrunoDSL</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241236"><time datetime="2021-06-20T18:43:55-07:00">June 20, 2021 at 6:43 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>That's mostly GTK/GNOME'S fault, as other DE's don't need polkit, have their own policy manager or can work with whatever policy manager you have available.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241235" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241235" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5BTH6MtCQp-QEs_7tALrfw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">XDream8</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241235"><time datetime="2021-06-21T00:06:56-07:00">June 21, 2021 at 12:06 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>What if I dont have polkit installed? Which i dont ever needed it btw(maybe in arch i needed but in gentoo i dont need it)</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241234" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241234" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgu_pWAqIoYI5oa3i9X2-FQ" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Fluxx</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241234"><time datetime="2021-06-21T08:54:38-07:00">June 21, 2021 at 8:54 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>A little reminder, with Windows such a fix sometimes takes several months to years or not at all after the error was discovered 😉</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241233" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241233" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQwYG0Q-_l_nZUKpK9PVBA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Alexandru BOSS RO</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241233"><time datetime="2021-06-21T14:58:42-07:00">June 21, 2021 at 2:58 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>remember, on windows 10 "cd c::$i30:$bitmap" and that thing with driver cmd or whatever is still unpatched</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241232" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241232" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD2OMRH1blP9goEf80LaINA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Fred Zoidburg</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241232"><time datetime="2021-06-21T17:06:46-07:00">June 21, 2021 at 5:06 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Why it doesn’t matter? Shell access is needed</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241231" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241231" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxXcbRisYvjkCIr8N6QcNIw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Calin Gligore</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241231"><time datetime="2021-06-22T02:18:16-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 2:18 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>You don’t find exploits in Linux distros. You find bugs. Bugs you can exploit sure</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241230" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241230" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnUhJ_CB-_x2FH3my2pIcQw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Jessie A</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241230"><time datetime="2021-06-22T05:40:06-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 5:40 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Lol, didn't work on my system. Maybe it's because I updated. <br />Or maybe it's because I do not have sudo lol.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241229" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241229" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkveuHL0p42Eid5X-fItwBw" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Arseniy Terekhin</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241229"><time datetime="2021-06-22T06:06:42-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 6:06 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>USE="-polkit", not sure what problems polkit solves.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241228" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241228" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5IfY21KM9jELqHGD1sV0w" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Mike Lowrey</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241228"><time datetime="2021-06-22T08:48:58-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 8:48 am</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Windows is Fisher Price entry level software. It's been 100 years & Windows is still full of huge doorways that non techs can easily walk thru. Especially if they happen to use Linux. Or Unix. You also need to spend money on 3rd party "virus software". This requirement for additional software is why no majors rely on Windows for servers. And also why there is not one supercomputer that uses Windows. They all use Linux. Windows is fast food. Linux is home cooked.</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241227" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241227" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuW0ngvm1cdxwn6e2IZgC2A" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Untouchable Players</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241227"><time datetime="2021-06-22T13:35:51-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 1:35 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I listen to you on max volume and still barely hear you, the ads sure are loud though. Thanks for the content</p> </div> </article> </li> <li id="comment-241226" class="comment even thread-even depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-241226" class="comment-body"> <footer class="comment-meta"> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <b class="fn"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR4XbqQrv3Cq90P-h-QLDPA" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎</a></b> <span class="says">says:</span> </div> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/another-old-exploit-found-in-many-linux-distros/#comment-241226"><time datetime="2021-06-22T21:47:49-07:00">June 22, 2021 at 9:47 pm</time></a> </div> </footer> <div class="comment-content"> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Zg_iuzF6w&t=8m23s">8:23</a> <b>COUGH</b> <i>University of Minnesota</i> <b>COUGH</b></p> </div> </article> </li> </ol> <p class="no-comments">Comments are closed.</p> </div> </main> </div> <div class="col-md-3 px-lg-3 "> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12 text-center"> <div class="site-info"> <span> Powered By: <a href="https://wordpress.org/" target="_blank">WordPress</a> </span> <span class="sep"> | </span> <span> Theme: <a href="https://odiethemes.com/themes/magazinebook/" target="_blank">MagazineBook</a> By OdieThemes </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script>(function(){var advanced_ads_ga_UID="UA-88163215-1",advanced_ads_ga_anonymIP=!!1;window.advanced_ads_check_adblocker=function(t){var n=[],e=null;function a(t){var n=window.requestAnimationFrame||window.mozRequestAnimationFrame||window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame||function(t){return setTimeout(t,16)};n.call(window,t)}return a((function(){var t=document.createElement("div");t.innerHTML=" ",t.setAttribute("class","ad_unit ad-unit text-ad text_ad pub_300x250"),t.setAttribute("style","width: 1px !important; height: 1px !important; position: absolute !important; left: 0px !important; top: 0px !important; overflow: hidden !important;"),document.body.appendChild(t),a((function(){var a,o,i=null===(a=(o=window).getComputedStyle)||void 0===a?void 0:a.call(o,t),d=null==i?void 0:i.getPropertyValue("-moz-binding");e=i&&"none"===i.getPropertyValue("display")||"string"==typeof d&&-1!==d.indexOf("about:");for(var c=0,r=n.length;c<r;c++)n[c](e);n=[]}))})),function(t){"undefined"==typeof advanced_ads_adblocker_test&&(e=!0),null!==e?t(e):n.push(t)}}(),(()=>{function t(t){this.UID=t,this.analyticsObject="function"==typeof gtag;var n=this;return this.count=function(){gtag("event","AdBlock",{event_category:"Advanced Ads",event_label:"Yes",non_interaction:!0,send_to:n.UID})},function(){if(!n.analyticsObject){var e=document.createElement("script");e.src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id="+t,e.async=!0,document.body.appendChild(e),window.dataLayer=window.dataLayer||[],window.gtag=function(){dataLayer.push(arguments)},n.analyticsObject=!0,gtag("js",new Date)}var a={send_page_view:!1,transport_type:"beacon"};window.advanced_ads_ga_anonymIP&&(a.anonymize_ip=!0),gtag("config",t,a)}(),this}advanced_ads_check_adblocker((function(n){n&&new t(advanced_ads_ga_UID).count()}))})();})();</script><div style="clear:both;width:100%;text-align:center; font-size:11px; "><a target="_blank" title="WP2Social Auto Publish" href="https://xyzscripts.com/wordpress-plugins/facebook-auto-publish/compare" >WP2Social Auto Publish</a> Powered By : <a target="_blank" title="PHP Scripts & Programs" href="http://www.xyzscripts.com" >XYZScripts.com</a></div><script type="text/javascript" src="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/wp-content/themes/magazinebook/js/navigation.js?ver=1.0.9" id="magazinebook-navigation-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/wp-content/themes/magazinebook/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js?ver=1.0.9" id="magazinebook-skip-link-focus-fix-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/wp-content/themes/magazinebook/js/jquery.easy-ticker.js?ver=3.1.0" id="magazinebook-news-ticker-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/wp-content/themes/magazinebook/js/splide.min.js?ver=2.3.1" id="splide-js-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://theengineeringofconsciousexperience.com/wp-content/themes/magazinebook/js/theme.js?ver=1.0.9" id="magazinebook-theme-js-js"></script> <script>!function(){window.advanced_ads_ready_queue=window.advanced_ads_ready_queue||[],advanced_ads_ready_queue.push=window.advanced_ads_ready;for(var d=0,a=advanced_ads_ready_queue.length;d<a;d++)advanced_ads_ready(advanced_ads_ready_queue[d])}();</script> </body> </html>