CVE-2025-9164

HIGH
—CVSS v3
—CVSS v2
0.11% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE-427CWE

Description

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.

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