# CVE-2020-10665: Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\\SYSTEM because it mishandles the collection of diagnostics with Administrat

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM because it mishandles the collection of diagnostics with Administrator privileges, leading to arbitrary DACL permissions overwrites and arbitrary file writes. This affects Docker Desktop Enterprise before 2.1.0.9, Docker Desktop for Windows Stable before 2.2.0.4, and Docker Desktop for Windows Edge before 2.2.2.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-002.md
- https://docs.docker.com/release-notes/
- https://github.com/spaceraccoon/CVE-2020-10665

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