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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-17392

CVE-2020-17392

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.

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Affected products

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  • Parallels/Desktop2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*range: <16.0.0
    • (no CPE)range: 15.1.3-47255
  • Parallels/Desktopv5
    Range: 15.1.3-47255

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