CVE-2024-36486
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jun 3, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 9, 2024
Description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | talos |
Weaknesses
- CWE-62 UNIX Hard Link
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Parallels Desktop for MacParallels |
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References
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