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CVE-2020-17392 (GCVE-0-2020-17392)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-25 20:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:53
VLAI
Summary
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.3-47255. 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 handler for HOST_IOCTL_SET_KERNEL_SYMBOLS in the prl_hypervisor kext. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-10519.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Parallels Desktop Affected: 15.1.3-47255
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Credits
Reno Robert
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