# CVE-2019-15752: Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

> CVE-2019-15752: Docker Desktop Community Edition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-15752
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:31Z

- Published: 2019-08-28 20:24 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 48.6%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

Docker Desktop Community Edition before 2.1.0.1 allows local users to gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse docker-credential-wincred.exe file in %PROGRAMDATA%\\DockerDesktop\\version-bin\\ as a low-privilege user, and then waiting for an admin or service user to authenticate with Docker, restart Docker, or run 'docker login' to force the command.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Docker: Desktop Community Edition

## Tracked companies

- [Docker](https://rewindex.com/company/docker.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15752)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15752)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157404/Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe-Privilege-Escalation.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157404/Docker-Credential-Wincred.exe-Privilege-Escalation.html)
- [https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E](https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%2540%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E)
- [https://medium.com/%40morgan.henry.roman/elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows-2fd8450b478e](https://medium.com/%2540morgan.henry.roman/elevation-of-privilege-in-docker-for-windows-2fd8450b478e)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-15752 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-15752.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2019-15752 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:47:13.025Z