A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
History

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Parallels
Parallels parallels Desktop
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
Vendors & Products Parallels
Parallels parallels Desktop

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000


Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
Weaknesses CWE-62
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2025-06-03T09:43:26.596Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T13:22:13.518Z

Reserved: 2024-12-09T19:55:30.980Z

Link: CVE-2024-36486

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-03T11:03:05.592Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-03T10:15:20.657

Modified: 2025-07-02T15:06:56.410

Link: CVE-2024-36486

cve-icon Redhat

No data.