A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-59 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | |
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Parallels parallels Desktop |
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| Description | A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation. | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-62 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published:
Updated: 2025-06-03T13:22:13.518Z
Reserved: 2024-12-09T19:55:30.980Z
Link: CVE-2024-36486
Updated: 2025-06-03T11:03:05.592Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-06-03T10:15:20.657
Modified: 2025-07-02T15:06:56.410
Link: CVE-2024-36486
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