CVEvulnerability

CVE-2025-9164

8.8 HIGH Published 2025-10-27 Modified 2026-10-08 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2025-10-27
Last modified
2026-10-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:C/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

Docker Desktop Installer.exe is vulnerable to DLL hijacking due to insecure DLL search order. The installer searches for required DLLs in the user's Downloads folder before checking system directories, allowing local privilege escalation through malicious DLL placement.This issue affects Docker Desktop: through 4.48.0.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References