A 12-year-old Polkit vulnerability enables unauthorized Linux users to get admin rights

An old security issue in a system utility named Polkit has been exposed, granting intruders admin rights on Linux computers, even as a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has leaked in the community just hours after technical details of the problem were publicly disclosed. The flaw, named “PwnKit” by cybersecurity company Qualys, affects polkit’s…