CVE-2024-36486

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:parallels:parallels_desktop:20.1.1_\(55740\):*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

History

02 Jul 2025, 15:06

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Information

Published : 2025-06-03 10:15

Updated : 2025-07-02 15:06


NVD link : CVE-2024-36486

Mitre link : CVE-2024-36486

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-36486


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Products Affected

parallels

  • parallels_desktop
CWE
CWE-62

UNIX Hard Link

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')