CVE-2019-15752
Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Summary
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\.
Affected software
Vendor: Docker · Product: Desktop Community Edition
Weakness types (CWE):
What to do
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