Security Advisory

CVE-2020-17399

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-08-25 20:20:54
Last updated 2024-08-04 13:53:17
Assigner zdi
State PUBLISHED

Description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.4. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the prl_hypervisor kext. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-11303.