CVE-2022-34902 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Parallels Access 6.5.4 (39316) Agent. It stems from the Desktop Control Agent service loading Qt plugins from an unsecured location. An attacker with low-privileged code execution can exploit this to gain SYSTEM-level privileges and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Exploitation requires local access and low privileges, but no user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. It is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.5.4_\(39316\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_access:6.5.4_\(39316\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.