CVE-2025-9164: Multiple DLL Search Order Hijacking Vulnerabilities in Docker Desktop Installer for Windows
Docker · Docker Desktop
Affected: Docker Desktop · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 1% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Docker · Docker Desktopup to and including 4.48.0
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Docker
- Published
- October 2025
CoverageNo articles yet
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