CVE-2024-6240

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

7.7
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Parallels Desktop Software
  • before 19.3.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

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.

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktop

Tags

CWE-269
cve-coordination@incibe.es
2024-06-21
CVE-2024-6240

CVSS Score

7.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: HIGH
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Timeline

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

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

More info

Source

cve-coordination@incibe.es

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