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Docker Privileged Container Escape

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Disclosed
2019-07-17
Created
2020-08-05

Description

This module escapes from a privileged Docker container and obtains root on the host machine by abusing the Linux cgroup notification on release
feature. This exploit should work against any container started with the following flags: `--cap-add=SYS_ADMIN`, `--privileged`.

Author

stealthcopter

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64, armle, mipsle, mipsbe

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:


    msf > use exploit/linux/local/docker_privileged_container_escape
    msf exploit(docker_privileged_container_escape) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(docker_privileged_container_escape) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(docker_privileged_container_escape) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(docker_privileged_container_escape) > exploit
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