CVE-2019-15752

unknown KEV
Published 2021-11-03 ยท Modified 2021-11-03
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

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 KEV

Vendor
Docker
Product
Desktop Community Edition
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-48388 local windows verified
Metasploit ยท 2020-04-28

Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe - Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

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Metasploit modules

Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe Privilege Escalation
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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0
sid Fixed 0
forky Fixed 0
bullseye Fixed 0
bookworm Fixed 0

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.