VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-38730

CVSS score6.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-04-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Description

Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6 allows attackers to overwrite any file through the windowscontainers/start dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the data-root field inside the DaemonJSON field in the WindowsContainerStartRequest class. This allows exploiting a symlink vulnerability in ..\dataRoot\network\files\local-kv.db because of a TOCTOU race condition.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
  • CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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