CVE-2025-3224 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Docker Desktop for Windows versions prior to 4.41.0. A low-privileged attacker can exploit a flaw in the update process, specifically how it handles the C:\ProgramData\Docker\config directory, to manipulate or delete arbitrary system files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.41.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:docker:desktop:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* | ||
>= 0, < 4.41.0CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.