{"cve":"CVE-2018-15664","nvd":{"published":"2019-05-23T14:29:07.453","modified":"2026-06-17T01:42:53.777","status":"Modified","description":"In Docker through 18.06.1-ce-rc2, the API endpoints behind the 'docker cp' command are vulnerable to a symlink-exchange attack with Directory Traversal, giving attackers arbitrary read-write access to the host filesystem with root privileges, because daemon/archive.go does not do archive operations on a frozen filesystem (or from within a chroot).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00066.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00001.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/28/1","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/21/1","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108507"],"products":["docker:docker"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:56:19.218283075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-15664","score":0.03427,"percentile":0.88925,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}