Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2025· Updated Jun 3, 2025
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
1- Range: version 20.1.1 (55740)
Patches
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