CVE-2021-3162 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.

Published: 2021-01-15

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26506	Docker Desktop Community before 2.5.0.0 on macOS mishandles certificate checking, leading to local privilege escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00025.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/release-notes/#docker-desktop-community-2500
https://twitter.com/_r3ggi

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Macos

Docker Docker

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-01-15T21:54:59.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T16:45:51.418Z

Reserved: 2021-01-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3162

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-01-15T22:15:13.227

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:21:02.017

Link: CVE-2021-3162

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-295

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