A new proof-of-concept (PoC) has been released for a serious vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-8941, affecting the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) used across Linux distributions. The flaw, rated 7.8 (High) on the CVSS scale, allows local attackers to elevate privileges to root through a sophisticated race condition and symbolic link (symlink) manipulation. Discovered in the pam_namespace […] The post PoC Released for Linux-PAM Vulnerability Enabling Local Root Privilege Escalation appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.
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