LinPEAS

Raymond Ops

Apr 15, 2025 · Information Security

How to Exploit Docker for Linux Privilege Escalation – A Step‑by‑Step Guide

This article walks through Docker privilege escalation techniques on Linux, covering Docker basics, permission discovery, manual and automated enumeration with LinPEAS, and three practical breakout scenarios—including abusing Docker group rights, escaping privileged containers, and breaking out of non‑privileged containers using SUID binaries and release_agent attacks.