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[–] 1 point 4 months ago* (1 child)

There are plenty of way to get a local unprivileged shell

For instance, if you are running a old version of cups someone could chain together several vulnerabilities to gain root on your system

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cups-flaws-enable-linux-remote-code-execution-but-theres-a-catch/

Having a MAC like SELinux helps to mitigate this but you still should patch as soon as possible

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    These are from 2024 (which means your box likely has none of these in 2026), and “the attacker has to trick a user into printing from a malicious printer server on their local network that suddenly appears on their machine” which is quite unlikely for a regular home pc. The attacker would require access to your network which would likely mean they’re inside your house so you have other problems besides privilege escalation.

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