Researchers Discover First Known Malware Targeting Windows Containers

Security researchers have discovered the first known malware, dubbed "Siloscope," targeting Windows Server containers to infect Kubernetes clusters in cloud environments. "Siloscape is heavily obfuscated malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers," said Unit 42 researcher...

Microsoft Windows Containers DP API Cryptography Flaw Vulnerability

PRODUCT : Windows Containers VENDOR : Microsoft SEVERITY : High AFFECTED VERSION : Windows 10, Windows Server IDENTIFIERS : CVE-2021-1645 PATCH VERSION : KB4598229, KB4598230, KB4598242, KB4598243 FOUND BY : Marc Nimmerrichter, Certitude Lab Introduction ------------ Windows containers is a featu...

Microsoft Windows Containers DP API Cryptography Flaw

Certitude Security Advisory - CSA-2021-002 PRODUCT : Windows Containers VENDOR : Microsoft SEVERITY : High AFFECTED VERSION : Windows 10, Windows Server IDENTIFIERS : CVE-2021-1645 PATCH VERSION : KB4598229, KB4598230, KB4598242, KB4598243 FOUND BY : Marc Nimmerrichter, Certitude Lab Introduction...

Microsoft Windows Containers Privilege Escalation

Windows Containers: ContainerUser has Elevated Privileges Windows Containers: ContainerUser has Elevated Privileges Platform: Windows 10 20H2 not tested other versions Class: Elevation of Privilege Security Boundary: User Summary: The standard user ContainerUser in a Windows Container has elevate...

Microsoft Windows Containers Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The standard user ContainerUser in a Windows Container has elevated privileges and High integrity level which results in making it administrator equivalent even though it should be a restricted user. Windows Containers: ContainerUser has Elevated Privileges Windows Containers: ContainerUser has...

August 11, 2020—KB4571746 (Security-only update)

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March 10, 2020—KB4538461 (OS Build 17763.1098)

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February 11, 2020—KB4537803 (Security-only update)

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical Flaw In Windows Containers

Just a few days prior to its monthly patch release, Microsoft released an emergency patch for a critical vulnerability in the Windows Host Compute Service Shim hcsshim library that could allow remote attackers to run malicious code on Windows computers. Windows Host Compute Service Shim hcsshim i...

CVE-2018-1197: GCP Metadata Endpoint Accessible from Application Containers on Windows | Cloud Foundry

Severity High Vendor Cloud Foundry Foundation Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions Windows Stemcells All versions prior to 1200.14 Description Apps running inside containers in Windows on Google Cloud Platform are able to access the metadata endpoint. A malicious developer could use this...