CVE-2024-52561

June 4, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

7.8
High

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 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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Parallels
  • Parallels Desktop
  • 20.1.1

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-708
Incorrect Ownership Assignment
The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a parallels parallels_desktop 20.1.1 / / / / / / /

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: June 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: June 4, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

talos-cna@cisco.com

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