CVE-2025-9164 — Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows

CVE-2025-9164

Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Docker / Docker Desktop	affected 0 through 4.48.0

CWE

CWE-427

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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