CVE-2021-3156 - was one of the most shocking privilege escalation bugs ever found in Linux. Hidden in sudo for nearly a decade, this flaw let any user with shell access become root instantly - no passwords, no exploit chains, just power.
In this episode of The Exploit Archives, we break down how the bug worked, why it was so dangerous, and how a quiet code review uncovered a flaw sitting in plain sight for years.
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