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Full Disclosure

• April 18, 2017
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  SSD Advisory – Ubuntu LightDM Guest Account Local Privilege Escalation

  Posted: April 18th, 2017, 12:10pm PDT

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  Posted by Maor Shwartz on Apr 18

  Link: https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3134
  
  Vulnerability Summary
  The following advisory describes a local privilege escalation via LightDM
  found in Ubuntu versions 16.10 / 16.04 LTS.
  
  Ubuntu is an open source software platform that runs everywhere from IoT
  devices, the smartphone, the tablet and the PC to the server and the
  cloud. LightDM is an X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast,
  extensible and multi-desktop. It...