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Docker Daemon Privilege Escalation

Disclosed
06/28/2016
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module obtains root privileges from any host account with access to the Docker daemon. Usually this includes accounts in the `docker` group.

Author(s)

  • forzoni

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x86, x64, armle, mipsle, mipsbe

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/linux/local/docker_daemon_privilege_escalation
msf exploit(docker_daemon_privilege_escalation) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(docker_daemon_privilege_escalation) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(docker_daemon_privilege_escalation) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(docker_daemon_privilege_escalation) > exploit

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