Linux Grub massive flaw: Was it made by NSA in 2009?
GNU/Linux has a massive flaw in Grub, its ubiquitous bootloader. Just by hitting a few keys, you can completely pwn a Linux box—including many embedded devices.
The “Grand Unified Bootloader” had a weird vulnerability added in 2009. Was CVE-2015-8370 introduced into GRUB2 by a government agency, such as the NSA?
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