CVE-2024-54189

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). When a snapshot of a virtual machine is taken, a root service writes to a file owned by a normal user. By using a hard link, an attacker can write to an arbitrary file, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
ParallelsParallels Desktop for Macversion 20.1.1 (55740)affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-62: CWE-62: UNIX Hard Link

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

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