VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2024-6240

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop Software, which affects versions earlier than 19.3.0.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop Software, which affects versions earlier than 19.3.0. An attacker could add malicious code in a script and populate the BASH_ENV environment variable with the path to the malicious script, executing on application startup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on the system.

CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-269
Affected: parallels/parallels desktop
Source: cve-coordination@incibe.es

References

https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktopThird Party Advisory
https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktopThird Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.