Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15752)
Severity: high · Patch status: patched · Since 2021-11-03 · CVE-2019-15752
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\. CISA added CVE-2019-15752 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Nov 3, 2021, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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