Parallels Desktop 20.1.1 on macOS Snapshot incorrect ownership assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Parallels Desktop 20.1.1 on macOS. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Snapshot Handler. The manipulation leads to incorrect ownership assignment. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-52561. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Parallels Desktop 20.1.1 on macOS. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Snapshot Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect ownership assignment vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-708. The product assigns an owner to a resource, but the owner is outside of the intended control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at talosintelligence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-52561 since 12/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-54641). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Incorrect ownership assignment
CWE: CWE-708 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/05/2024 CVE reserved
06/03/2025 +179 days Advisory disclosed
06/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
06/03/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: parallels.com

Advisory: TALOS-2024-2123
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-52561 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-52561
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310961
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/03/2025 14:04
Updated: 06/03/2025 14:33
Changes: 06/03/2025 14:04 (63), 06/03/2025 14:26 (1), 06/03/2025 14:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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