CVE-2024-6240

June 21, 2024, 3:58 p.m.

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

Products

Parallels Desktop Software

  • before 19.3.0

Source

cve-coordination@incibe.es

Tags

CVE-2024-6240 details

Published : June 21, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified : June 21, 2024, 3:58 p.m.

Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop Software, which affects versions earlier than 19.3.0. An attacker could add malicious code in a script and populate the BASH_ENV environment variable with the path to the malicious script, executing on application startup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on the system.

CVSS Score

1 2 3 4 5 6 7.7 8 9 10

Weakness

Weakness Name Description
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

7.7

Exploitability Score

1.3

Impact Score

5.8

Base Severity

HIGH

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