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CVE-2019-15752

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH

7.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score93.9430%

EPSS Percentile94.39th

PublishedAug 28, 2019

Last ModifiedNov 6, 2025

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Docker

Docker

< 2.1.0.1

📦

Apache

Geode

= 1.12.0

References & Advisories

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157404/Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe-Privilege-Escalation.html

🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E

🔗 https://medium.com/%40morgan.henry.roman/elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows-2fd8450b478e

🔗 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157404/Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe-Privilege-Escalation.html

🔗 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E

🔗 https://medium.com/%40morgan.henry.roman/elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows-2fd8450b478e

🔗 https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-15752

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