Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-3162
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/release-notes/#docker-desktop-community-2500 x_refsource_MISC
- https://twitter.com/_r3ggi x_refsource_MISC