Shatter Attack: what are its Linux equivalent

Looking at "Shatter Attack" in Windows:

https://pen-testing.sans.org/resources/papers/gcih/enemy-within-handling-insider-threat-posed-shatter-attacks-105884

http://index-of.es/Misc/pdf/shatter_attack_redux.pdf

https://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-usa-04/bh-us-04-moore/bh-us-04-moore-whitepaper.pdf

http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2005/HPL-2005-87.pdf

Now you ask yourself, what are the Linux equivalent? How are messages passed from one applications to another? And if the messages and posted in arbitrary ways, is it possible to achieve privilege escalation in Linux scenario?

This is the processes relevant to graphical redering in Linux:

Looking at "Dbus" daemon above, what its function?

Since it is running at the high privilege level, privilege esclation is not impossible.

And history have shown its possibilities:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-dbus-packages-fix-privilege-escalation.html

https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/local/lastore_daemon_dbus_priv_esc

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147285/lastore-daemon-D-Bus-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847402

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82135

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33614/