CVE-2024-52561 (GCVE-0-2024-52561)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-03 09:43 – Updated: 2025-06-03 13:18
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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 deleted, a root service verifies and modifies the ownership of the snapshot files. By using a symlink, an attacker can change the ownership of files owned by root to a lower-privilege user, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-708 - Incorrect Ownership Assignment
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Vendor Product Version
Parallels Parallels Desktop for Mac Affected: version 20.1.1 (55740)
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Credits
Discovered by KPC of Cisco Talos.
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