Adversaries may gather credentials via APIs within a containers environment. APIs in these environments, such as the Docker API and Kubernetes APIs, allow a user to remotely manage their container resources and cluster components.(Citation: Docker API)(Citation: Kubernetes API)
An adversary may access the Docker API to collect logs that contain credentials to cloud, container, and various other resources in the environment.(Citation: Unit 42 Unsecured Docker Daemons) An adversary with sufficient permissions, such as via a pod's service account, may also use the Kubernetes API to retrieve credentials from the Kubernetes API server. These credentials may include those needed for Docker API authentication or secrets from Kubernetes cluster components.
View in MITRE ATT&CK®| Capability ID | Capability Description | Mapping Type | ATT&CK ID | ATT&CK Name | Notes |
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| resourcemanager | ResourceManager | technique_scores | T1552.007 | Container API |
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To control access to resources, GCP requires that accounts making API requests have appropriate IAM roles. IAM roles include permissions that allow users to perform specific actions on Google Cloud resources. This control may mitigate adversaries that gather credentials via APIs within a containers environment. Since this covers only one of the sub-techniques, it is given a Minimal scoring.
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| anthosconfigmanagement | AnthosConfigManagement | technique_scores | T1552.007 | Container API |
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Adversaries may gather credentials via APIs within a containers environment. APIs in these environments, such as the Docker API and Kubernetes APIs. Anthos Config Management can manage configuration for any Kubernetes API, including policies for the Istio service mesh, resource quotas, and access control policies.
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| virtual_private_cloud | Virtual Private Cloud | technique_scores | T1552.007 | Container API |
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VPC security perimeters can segment private resources to provide access based on user identity or organizational ingress/egress policies (e.g., instance, subnet).
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