CVE-2024-54189

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). When a snapshot of a virtual machine is taken, a root service writes to a file owned by a normal user. By using a hard link, an attacker can write to an arbitrary file, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-62 CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Parallels	Parallels Desktop for Mac	version 20.1.1 (55740)

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2124Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2124Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2124Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 3, 2025
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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