Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2021 · Assigned by zdi
CVE-2021-27278
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in Desktop from Parallels. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 16.1.1-49141. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Toolgate component. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the current user on the host system. Was ZDI-CAN-12130.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://kb.parallels.com/en/125013 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-412/ x_refsource_MISC