CVE-2020-10665
MEDIUMDocker Desktop <2.1.0.9-2.2.2.0 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-10665. PoCs published by spaceraccoon.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2020-10665, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Docker for Windows, by creating hardlinks to a DLL file in a predictable location where Docker diagnostics writes files, allowing an attacker to gain elevated permissions.
Description
Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM because it mishandles the collection of diagnostics with Administrator privileges, leading to arbitrary DACL permissions overwrites and arbitrary file writes. This affects Docker Desktop Enterprise before 2.1.0.9, Docker Desktop for Windows Stable before 2.2.0.4, and Docker Desktop for Windows Edge before 2.2.2.0.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits CVE-2020-10665, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Docker for Windows, by creating hardlinks to a DLL file in a predictable location where Docker diagnostics writes files, allowing an attacker to gain elevated permissions.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H