osquery-defense-kit/detection/privesc/unexpected-privileged-containers.sql

-- Detect the execution of priveleged Docker containers which can be used to escape to the host.
--
-- references:
--   * https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1611/
--
-- false-positives:
--   * Nested Kubernetes Environments
--   * Containerized builds
--
-- This query works on macOS as well, but is only an in-the-wild security problem on Linux,
-- where the kernel namespaces can be shared. These kind of attacks tend to be
--
-- platform: linux
-- tags: transient state container escalation
SELECT
  command,
  image_id,
  path,
  security_options,
  started_at,
  image
FROM
  docker_containers
WHERE
  privileged = 1
  AND image NOT LIKE 'kindest/node:%';