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CVE-2019-15752

CVE-2019-15752HIGH

n/a n/a — Docker Desktop Community Edition

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  H  H  H    7.8   .4863   98.8   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Aug 28  Reserved by mitre
  Aug 28  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-732 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\DockerDesktop\version-bin\ as a low-privilege user, and then waiting for an admin or service user to authenticate with Docker, restart Docker, or run 'docker login' to force the command.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
August 28, 2019	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
August 28, 2019	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-732

References (4)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157404/Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe-Privilege-Escalation.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E [mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST]
https://medium.com/%40morgan.henry.roman/elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows-2fd8450b478e [x_refsource_MISC]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-15752 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2019-15752 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-732

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