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
CVSS score 8.8
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.