Open Container Initiative runc privilege escalation | CVE-2022-29162
NAME
Open Container Initiative runc privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Open Container Initiative runc 1.1.1 - Risk Level:
8.4 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Open Container Initiative runc could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an issue with runc exec –cap executed processes with non-empty inheritable Linux process capabilities. By executing specially-crafted programs, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Local
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Upgrade to the latest version of runc (1.1.2 or later), available from the runc GIT Repository. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q2/98 - Reference Link:
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-f3fp-gc8g-vw66
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