CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-11492
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-06-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
An issue was discovered in Docker Desktop through 2.2.0.5 on Windows. If a local attacker sets up their own named pipe prior to starting Docker with the same name, this attacker can intercept a connection attempt from Docker Service (which runs as SYSTEM), and then impersonate their privileges.
Affected configurations
• docker docker desktop (<= 2.2.0.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/docker-desktop-for-windows-privesc-cve-2020-11492/ Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/docker-desktop-for-windows-privesc-cve-2020-11492/ Third Party Advisory