Dirty COW (designated as CVE-2016-5195) is a Linux vulnerability that was first disclosed to the public in October 2016. It was a serious privilege escalation flaw that allowed an attacker to gain root access on the targeted system; other methods were needed to run any code on the targeted machine. We have found a new way to target Dirty COW that is different from existing attacks.
Post from: Trendlabs Security Intelligence Blog - by Trend Micro
New Flavor of Dirty COW Attack Discovered, Patched