FKIE_CVE-2024-34331

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-09-23 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:33
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A lack of code signature verification in Parallels Desktop for Mac v19.3.0 and below allows attackers to escalate privileges via a crafted macOS installer, because Parallels Service is setuid root.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://kb.parallels.com/129860
cve@mitre.orghttps://khronokernel.com/macos/2024/05/30/CVE-2024-34331.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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