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A bug in sudo allows any executable file to be executed as root if /etc/sudoers allows it to be executed as other users and is prohibited for root. Exploitation of the error is very simple: sudo -u#-1 id -u or: sudo -u#4294967295 id -u The bug is present in all versions of sudo up to 1.8.28 Details: https://thehackernews.com/2019/10/linux-sudo-run-as-root-flaw.html
A selection of events for the Epic Growth week October 14 (Monday) - October 15 (Tuesday) 2nd Kozhukhovsky Ave 29building 6 from 13 rub. Conference on product marketing on strategies and tactics for product growth Closed meeting with the ex' Head of Avito General October 900 (Tuesday) BulEntuziastov 15 free Our guest is an expat (foreign top manager), so we […]
This year, the Chinese company Huawei launched its own operating system, Harmony OS, which could become a replacement for Android if the manufacturer can no longer use Google's software platform in its devices. It is noteworthy that Harmony OS can be used not only in smartphones and tablet computers, but also in other types of devices. Now online sources are reporting that [...]
Not long ago, Marvel's Avengers developers from Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal announced the appearance of Kamala Khan, also known under the pseudonym Ms. Marvel, in the game. This character is a fan of Captain Marvel, and the authors are still silent about the presence of the mentioned superhero in the project. Comicbook decided to ask Crystal Dynamics CEO Scott Amos about this, and […]
Acer has started sales in Russia of the gaming laptop Predator Helios 700 with a retractable HyperDrift keyboard at a price of 199 rubles. The laptop is equipped with a 990-inch IPS screen with Full HD resolution (17,3 × 1920 pixels), a refresh rate of 1080 Hz and a response time of 144 ms. The laptop supports NVIDIA G-SYNC adaptive technology, which synchronizes the display and graphics card refresh rates for maximum […]
It became known that a vulnerability was discovered in the Sudo (super user do) command for Linux. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows unprivileged users or programs to execute commands with superuser rights. It is noted that the vulnerability affects systems with non-standard settings and does not affect most servers running Linux. The vulnerability occurs when Sudo configuration settings are used to allow […]
Corsair has unveiled the One Pro i182 workstation, which combines relatively small dimensions and high performance. The device is housed in a housing with dimensions of 200 × 172,5 × 380 mm. A Mini-ITX motherboard based on an Intel X299 chipset is used. The computing load is assigned to the Core i9-9920X processor with twelve cores and the ability to simultaneously process up to 24 instruction threads. Basic clock […]
Football simulator FIFA 20 holds the first place in the British charts for the third week in a row. The Electronic Arts game had a weaker-than-usual launch (if only the boxed release is counted) but maintains its position despite sales falling 59% week over week. The tactical online shooter Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint also confidently holds on to second place. The success of the game […]
ASUS continues to lead the gaming monitor market and strives to be the first to promote new standards and technologies. The top series of gaming displays ROG Swift quickly won the hearts of buyers, and the ROG Strix released later allowed those who prefer video cards from the AMD camp to save money. Meanwhile, in both cases, the models turned out to be expensive, their capabilities were not enough for everyone, […]
Publisher Electronic Arts and studio Respawn Entertainment recently announced an in-game event for team-based shooter Apex Legends called “Fight or Be Frightened” for Halloween. The event runs from October 15 to November 5, and at the beginning of the event, the creators of the project presented a special incendiary trailer: In it, the Pathfinder robot, under pressure from enemies, runs into the portal of its ally, the Wraith, but it turns out that […]
I’ll tell you about a funny situation that happened to me, and how to become a contributor to a famous project. Not long ago I was tinkering with an idea: booting Linux directly from UEFI... The idea is not new and there are a number of manuals on this topic. One of them can be viewed here Actually, my long-standing attempts to resolve this issue resulted in [...]
On the website of the South Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), according to network sources, Samsung's patent documentation for the next smartphone has been published. This time we are talking about a device in a classic monoblock case without a flexible display. A feature of the device should be a triple front camera. Judging by the patent illustrations, it will be located in an oblong hole in […]
