VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-15752

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability48.63%

CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability

Published2019-08-28

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known Exploited Vulnerability

Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / product: Docker / Desktop Community Edition

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org — Mailing List
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — US Government Resource