VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2024-52561

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability0.29%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2025-06-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). When a snapshot of a virtual machine is deleted, a root service verifies and modifies the ownership of the snapshot files. By using a symlink, an attacker can change the ownership of files owned by root to a lower-privilege user, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Weakness classification

talos-cna@cisco.com: CWE-708
nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Primary references

talos-cna@cisco.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory