Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-38730

Title: Docker Desktop

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-38730.

CWE Category CWE-59
Published Date Apr 27, 2023
Modified Date Jan 31, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-38730: Docker Desktop for Windows before 4.6 allows attackers to overwrite any file through the windowscontainers/start dockerBackendV2 API by controlling the data-root field inside the DaemonJSON field in the WindowsContainerStartRequest class. This allows exploiting a symlink vulnerability in ..\dataRoot\network\files\local-kv.db because of a TOCTOU race condition.

Impacted Vendors

A
avira 1
D
docker 1

Reference Links

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#docker-desktop-460 https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/breaking-docker-named-pipes-systematically-docker-desktop-privilege-escalation-part-2 https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/#docker-desktop-460 https://www.cyberark.com/resources/threat-research-blog/breaking-docker-named-pipes-systematically-docker-desktop-privilege-escalation-part-2
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
6.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-38730 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.