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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-52561 EUVD-2024-54641GHSA-h429-pw2c-7w4q

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). When a…

Published Jun 3, 2025 · Updated Jun 3, 2025 · Assigned by talos

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Parallels Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740) —

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