A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux sudo command that could allow unprivileged users to execute commands as root. Thankfully, this vulnerability only works in non-standard ...

A vulnerability in Sudo, a core command utility for Linux, could allow a user to execute commands as a root user even if that root access has been specifically disallowed.

The root can do everything but login, and specific users get the privilege to do certain things. sudo XKCD #149 (CC by SA 2.5) In the Linux world, sudo is very common.

Almost all of the user management commands require root access. The superuser, often referred to as root, can do anything anywhere, regardless of any permissions. So how does a humble user do ...