CVE-2025-9164

Estado: AplazadaAlta (8.8)—

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.

CVSS

Versión: 4.0
Vector: 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
Puntuación base: 8.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.11%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 1
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Impacto principalT1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variablestealth · execution90 %
Impacto secundarioT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution75 %

Acceso local (AV:L) con interacción mínima (AT:P) y privilegios necesarios (PR:L). DLL hijacking (CWE-427) en el instalador permite escalada de privilegios mediante inyección de código malicioso en la búsqueda insegura de DLLs (T1574.007), facilitando ejecución de comandos (T1059).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Execution Prevention Audit Threat Intelligence Program Restrict Web-Based Content Restrict File and Directory Permissions Privileged Account Management

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Docker — Desktop^AI

CWE

CWE-427

Referencias

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/release-notes/

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