Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-26659
High 7.1
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 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Docker Desktop installer on Windows in versions before 4.6.0 allows an attacker to overwrite any administrator writable files by creating a symlink in place of where the installer writes its log file. Starting from version 4.6.0, the Docker Desktop installer, when run elevated, will write its log files to a location not writable by non-administrator users.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/release-notes/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/hmnthabit/Advisories/blob/master/CVE-2022-26659.md x_refsource_MISC