Privilege escalation in Moby



Published: 2022-03-25
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-24769
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		moby
Server applications / Virtualization software

Vendor Moby project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU61600

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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 External links

http://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.



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