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CVE-2024-36486

Published: Jun 3, 2025Updated: Jul 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-62
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-62CWE-59

Affected Products

Parallels Desktop for MacParallels
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
parallels desktopparallels
On-premDesktop App
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
parallelscommercialUSCloud & SaaS

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2126
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https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2126
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Timeline

Published
Jun 3, 2025
Last Updated
Jul 2, 2025

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