Detections
Analytics
CVE-2018-15514
high
Description
HandleRequestAsync in Docker for Windows before 18.06.0-ce-rc3-win68 (edge) and before 18.06.0-ce-win72 (stable) deserialized requests over the \\.\pipe\dockerBackend named pipe without verifying the validity of the deserialized .NET objects. This would allow a malicious user in the "docker-users" group (who may not otherwise have administrator access) to escalate to administrator privileges.
References
https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/release-notes/
https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/edge-release-notes/