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CVE-2019-15752 · netVigilance record NV21-0064

Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation

past due

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2022-05-03 · passed 4 years 4 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

Docker Desktop Community Edition contains a vulnerability that may allow local users to escalate privileges by placing a trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\DockerDesktop\version-bin\.

Who is affected

Docker Desktop Community Edition. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-732.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 4 years 4 months ago

Sources