SB2019021506 - Privilege escalation in VMware Integrated OpenStack with Kubernetes and vSphere Integrated Container
Published: February 15, 2019 Updated: January 23, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019021506
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5736)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.The weakness exists in the runc container runtime due to file-descriptor mishandling, related to /proc/self/exe. A remote attacker can leverage the ability to execute a command as root within one of these types of containers: (1) a new container with an attacker-controlled image, or (2) an existing container, to which the attacker previously had write access, that can be attached with docker exec, overwrite the host runc binary with minimal user interaction and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.