Looney Tunables

Vulnerability updated 5 months ago (2024-05-04T18:01:13.557Z)
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Looney Tunables is a significant vulnerability in Linux software design and implementation, which has been exploited by various threat actors. This flaw allows for local privilege escalation, providing unauthorized users with elevated access rights within a Linux environment. Multiple experts have released exploits for this vulnerability, further emphasizing its critical nature and potential for widespread exploitation. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has recognized the severity of the Looney Tunables bug and added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. This inclusion signals to the broader cybersecurity community that this vulnerability is not only known but actively being exploited in the wild. The listing serves as a call to action for organizations using Linux systems to address this vulnerability promptly, reducing their exposure to potential attacks. Recent attacks have highlighted the active exploitation of the Looney Tunables vulnerability. Specifically, Kinsing threat actors have been identified probing and exploiting the Looney Tunables flaws. Their activities underscore the immediate risk posed by this vulnerability and the urgent need for affected systems to be patched or otherwise secured against this form of attack.
Description last updated: 2024-03-17T13:22:51.448Z
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CVE-2023-4911 is a possible alias for Looney Tunables. CVE-2023-4911, also known as the "Looney Tunables" vulnerability, is a significant software flaw found in the GNU C Library (glibc), specifically within its dynamic loader ld.so. This buffer overflow issue occurs when processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable, enabling threat actors to exec
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The Kinsing Malware is associated with Looney Tunables. Kinsing is a malicious software, or malware, that has been recently observed exploiting vulnerabilities in systems. It operates by infiltrating computers or devices, often undetected, through suspicious downloads, emails, or websites. Once inside, Kinsing can wreak havoc by stealing personal informahas used
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