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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-52561

CVE-2024-52561

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.

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Affected products

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  • Parallels/Desktop3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 20.1.1 (build 55740)
    • (no CPE)range: version 20.1.1 (55740)

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