CVE-2024-54189 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). An attacker can exploit this by using a hard link to redirect a root service's write operation to an arbitrary file, potentially gaining elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20.1.1_\(55740\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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