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CVE-2020-17396

Parallels / Desktop PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.4. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the prl_hypervisor module. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer overflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-11217.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Parallels / Desktopaffected 15.1.4

CWE

CWE-190

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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