Parallels Desktop privilege escalation | CVE-2023-27323

NAME
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Parallels Desktop privilege escalation

Platforms Affected:
Parallels Desktop 18.1

Risk Level:
7.8

Exploitability:
Unproven

Consequences:
Gain Privileges

DESCRIPTION
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Parallels Desktop could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use flaw in the Updater service. By using a specially-crafted symbolic link, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root.

CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low

User Interaction:
None

Scope:
Unchanged

Access Vector:
Local


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