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

CVE-2024-54189

CVE-2024-54189

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.

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Affected products

3
  • Parallels/Desktop2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: version 20.1.1 (55740)
  • Parallels/Desktop for Macllm-fuzzy
    Range: 20.1.1 (build 55740)

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