Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\DockerDesktop\version-bin\ as a low-privilege user, and then waiting for an admin or service user to authenticate with Docker, restart Docker, or run 'docker login' to force the command.

An update of the telegraf package has been released.

An update of the kapacitor package has been released.

The version of Docker Desktop for Windows is prior to 2.1.0.1. Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\DockerDesktop\version-bin\ as a low-privilege user, and then waiting for an admin or service user to authenticate with Docker, restart Docker, or run 'docker login' to force the command.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204388	Photon OS 5.0: Telegraf PHSA-2023-5.0-0041	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
204224	Photon OS 5.0: Kapacitor PHSA-2023-5.0-0045	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
155350	Docker Desktop < 2.1.0.1 Privilege Escalation	Nessus	Windows	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2019-15752

high

Tenable Plugins

high

critical

high