CVE-2021-27242 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Parallels Desktop 16.0.1-48919. It stems from improper validation of user-supplied data within the Toolgate component, leading to a memory corruption condition. An attacker with low-privileged code execution on the guest system can exploit this to escalate privileges and execute code within the hypervisor, posing a high severity risk with a CVSS score of 8.8. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:16.0.1:*:*:*:*: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
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