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A flaw in an old Linux tool called KON (Kanji on Console), which displays Japanese text in the terminal, let a user already logged into the system trick the program into handing them full administrator control. This is a local privilege issue, not something reachable from the internet, and it dates to 2000. It matters today only if legacy Linux systems still run the vulnerable KON package. Very limited in modern estates. KON is a 1990s-era Japanese console tool rarely installed on current Linux distributions. Exposure is confined to legacy or archival systems that still ship the vulnerable kon binary as setuid root and permit local, interactive user logins. Cloud, containerized, and hardened server builds are effectively unaffected. Low priority. This is a 25-year-old local privilege escalation in a niche Japanese console utility that is virtually absent from modern Linux fleets. Address it through routine legacy-system hygiene rather than as a standalone incident, and only if inventory confirms the KON package is still present. Mitigation focus: Inventory legacy Linux hosts for the KON or kon2 package and remove it if unused.; If KON is required, consult the distribution vendor for a patched build or updated package.; Remove the setuid bit from kon where operationally acceptable to neutralize root escalation..
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