CVE-2020-17392 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Parallels Desktop 15.1.3-47255. The flaw in the prl_hypervisor kext allows an attacker with low-privileged code execution to escalate privileges to kernel context due to improper validation of user-supplied values. Rated 8.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), it requires local access and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed on the KEV catalog, and shows no community discussion or media coverage, indicating low active exploitation or public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 16.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.