Description
Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6 allows attackers to overwrite any file through the windowscontainers/start dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the data-root field inside the DaemonJSON field in the WindowsContainerStartRequest class. This allows exploiting a symlink vulnerability in ..\dataRoot\network\files\local-kv.db because of a TOCTOU race condition.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
6.3
EPSS
0.0029
EPSS Percentile
20.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-367
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (1)
docker/desktop
< 4.6.0
Published
Apr 27, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026