CVE-2024-54189

HIGH

Parallels Desktop for Mac <20.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 taken, a root service writes to a file owned by a normal user. By using a hard link, an attacker can write to an arbitrary file, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 43.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-62 CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
parallels/parallels_desktop 20.1.1_\(55740\)
Published Jun 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026