Researchers disclose a 55-year-old vulnerability affecting macOS, Windows and Linux. Exploitation is trivial and requires no special tools. No patch exists.
Not even that, it’s not a problem at all. They’re just saying that when you open a terminal program you get access to the shell. That is exactly the point of a terminal program. It’s a bit like “exclusive, shocking report: water is wet!”
I mean, I guess part of the joke is if an attacker can get into your computer they can do nefarious things, but that’s not as funny.
Not even that, it’s not a problem at all. They’re just saying that when you open a terminal program you get access to the shell. That is exactly the point of a terminal program. It’s a bit like “exclusive, shocking report: water is wet!”
I mean, I guess part of the joke is if an attacker can get into your computer they can do nefarious things, but that’s not as funny.