CVE-2020-17392

HIGH

Parallels Desktop <15.1.3-47255 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.3-47255. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handler for HOST_IOCTL_SET_KERNEL_SYMBOLS in the prl_hypervisor kext. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-10519.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-822
Status published
Products (1)
parallels/parallels_desktop < 16.0.0
Published Aug 25, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026