Qualys Threat Research Unit

2 exploits Active since Oct 2023
CVE-2024-48990 NOMISEC HIGH WORKING POC
Ubuntu needrestart Privilege Escalation
Qualys discovered that needrestart, before version 3.8, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code as root by tricking needrestart into running the Python interpreter with an attacker-controlled PYTHONPATH environment variable.
CVSS 7.8
CVE-2023-4911 METASPLOIT HIGH ruby WORKING POC
Glibc Tunables Privilege Escalation CVE-2023-4911 (aka Looney Tunables)
A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.
CVSS 7.8