Vigil@nce - runc: privilege escalation via pivot_root /proc mounting
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via pivot_root /proc mounting
of runc, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/runc-privilege-escalation-via-pivot-root-proc-mounting-28368