FKIE_CVE-2024-52561

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-03 10:15 - Updated: 2025-07-02 14:53
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123Exploit, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
parallels parallels_desktop 20.1.1_\(55740\)
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  "lastModified": "2025-07-02T14:53:50.180",
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