Excessive Privileges - Docker

Description

The containers executed in the application do not properly restrict the privileges of the users, executing tasks with root user instead of a custom user.

Impact

Gain total control of the container.

Recommendation

- Restrict the privileges of the user that execute instructions inside the container.
- Avoid the use of the root user as default user.

Threat

Authenticated attacker with local access to the container.

Expected Remediation Time

⌚ 15 minutes.

Score

Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base

Attack vector: L
Attack complexity: L
Privileges required: L
User interaction: N
Scope: U
Confidentiality: L
Integrity: L
Availability: L

Temporal

Exploit code maturity: U
Remediation level: O
Report confidence: C

Result

Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Score:

Base: 5.3
Temporal: 4.6

Severity:

Base: Medium
Temporal: Medium

Score 4.0

Default score using CVSS 4.0. It may change depending on the context of the src.

Base 4.0

Attack vector: L
Attack complexity: L
Attack Requirements: N
Privileges required: L
User interaction: N
Confidentiality (VC): L
Integrity (VI): L
Availability (VA): L
Confidentiality (SC): N
Integrity (SI): N
Availability (SA): N

Threat 4.0

Exploit maturity: U

Result 4.0

Vector string: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Score:

CVSS-BT: 1.1

Severity:

CVSS-BT: Low

Details

https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#user

Requirements

Fixes

Docker

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