PT-2020-14950
CVE-2020-17399
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Published
2020-08-18
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Updated
2020-08-26
Description by
CVSS 3.1
8.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Parallels Desktop version 15.1.4
Description
This issue allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system. The flaw exists within the prl hypervisor kext due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. This can be leveraged to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel.
Recommendations
For Parallels Desktop version 15.1.4, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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