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    CVE-2024-52561

    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.

    Published:Jun 3, 2025
    Last Modified:Jul 2, 2025
    EPS:Jun 3, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.0004
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Parallels
    Product
    Parallels Desktop

    Exploits

    https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High