Exploit / PoCmedium
RunC container escape flaw enables root access to host system
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2019-5736 | runc through 1.0-rc6, as used in Docker before 18.09.2 and other products, allows attackers to overwrite the host runc binary (and consequently obtain host… | 8.6 | 98% | PoC ×4 |
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
A serious vulnerability in runC , a widely used CLI tool for spawning and running containers , could be exploited to compromise the runC host binary from inside a privileged runC container, allowing the attacker to gain root access on the underlying host system. RunC is the container runtime underneath infrastructure and engines such as Docker, CRI-O, containerd, Kubernetes, etc.
By @zeljkazorz · helpnetsecurity.com
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