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.
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Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | |
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Description | 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. | |
Weaknesses | CWE-62 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published: 2025-06-03T09:43:27.168Z
Updated: 2025-06-03T13:19:52.966Z
Reserved: 2024-12-05T15:34:29.663Z
Link: CVE-2024-54189

Updated: 2025-06-03T11:03:07.503Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-06-03T10:15:22.040
Modified: 2025-07-02T14:49:41.983
Link: CVE-2024-54189

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