CVE-2025-9164 describes a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the Docker Desktop Installer.exe, affecting versions through 4.48.0. The installer insecurely searches for DLLs in the user's Downloads folder, enabling local privilege escalation if a malicious DLL is placed there. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring user interaction and a privileged attacker. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 4.48.0CPE 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: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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.