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CVE-2019-15752: Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2019-15752
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
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\.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Dockerproduct: Docker Desktop Community EditionPrivilege escalation
What
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
Local users of Docker Desktop Community Edition are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to the critical nature of the vulnerability and its exploitation status.
Action
Users should remove the trojan horse file and update to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2021-11-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15752

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2019-15752coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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