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CVE-2020-10665

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

• Docker Desktop: before 2.1.0.9; before 2.2.0.4; before 2.2.2.0 — fixed in 2.1.0.9, 2.2.0.4, 2.2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Docker Desktop 2.1.0.9, 2.2.0.4, 2.2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.docker.com/release-notes/
• https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-002.md
• https://github.com/spaceraccoon/CVE-2020-10665
• https://docs.docker.com/release-notes/
• https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-002.md
• https://github.com/spaceraccoon/CVE-2020-10665

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