Nimbuspwn: Leveraging vulnerabilities to exploit Linux via Privilege Escalation
Nimbuspwn is a collection of privilege escalation vulnerabilities in networkd-dispatcher affecting Linux systems, comprising directory traversal, symlink race, and TOCTOU race conditions. Microsoft 365 Defender identified the issues and coordinated patches with the upstream maintainer. Elastic Security Labs provides detection rules and remediation guidance for organizations running vulnerable versions.