Privilege escalation in Moby

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU61600

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24769

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to containers are incorrectly started with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

moby: 20.10.0 - 20.10.13

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:moby:moby:20.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/moby/moby/releases/tag/v20.10.14

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.