Docker Desktop < 4.6.0 DirtyPipe

high Nessus Plugin ID 181465

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Docker Desktop for Mac is prior to 4.6.0. It is therefore affected by CVE-2022-0847, AKA 'DirtyPipe', an issue that could enable attackers to modify files in container images on the host, from inside a container.

A flaw was found in the way the 'flags' member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel and could thus contain stale values. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to write to pages in the page cache backed by read only files and as such escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-0847)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Docker Desktop version 4.6.0 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181465

File Name: macos_docker_cve-2022-0847.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 9/15/2023

Updated: 6/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:docker:docker

Required KB Items: MacOSX/packages/sys_profiler, installed_sw/Docker

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2022

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/16/2022

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Dirty Pipe Local Privilege Escalation via CVE-2022-0847)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0847

Detections

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