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CVE-2025-9164
Docker Desktop Installer.exe is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to insecure DLL search order. The installer searches for required DLLs in the user's Downloads folder before checking system directories, allowing local privilege escalation through malicious DLL placement.This issue affects Docker Desktop: through 4.48.0.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","platforms":["Windows"],"product":"Docker Desktop","vendor":"Docker","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.48.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b0d70814eeb7b456ce9dda3bd492b8c43c6758b34f68b13cf8913e0fc7dfad28 · sha256:67ba398189f6f177… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"Automatable":"YES","Recovery":"USER","Safety":"PRESENT","attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"CONCENTRATED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIG…
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b0d70814eeb7b456ce9dda3bd492b8c43c6758b34f68b13cf8913e0fc7dfad28 · sha256:67ba398189f6f177… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b0d70814eeb7b456ce9dda3bd492b8c43c6758b34f68b13cf8913e0fc7dfad28 · sha256:67ba398189f6f177… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"url":"https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b0d70814eeb7b456ce9dda3bd492b8c43c6758b34f68b13cf8913e0fc7dfad28 · sha256:67ba398189f6f177… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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