PT-2023-8013 · Parallels · Parallels Desktop

Pwn2Car · Published 2023-05-05 · Updated 2024-09-18 · CVE-2023-50227

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Parallels Desktop (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target in a guest system must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the virtio-gpu virtual device due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the hypervisor.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-09128

CVE-2023-50227

ZDI-23-1804

Affected Products

Parallels Desktop

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50227 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-09128 · Security Note
• https://kb.parallels.com/en/125013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1804 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786444171542442401 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheZDIBugs/status/1737173309500895417 · Twitter Post
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1804 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.248378 · Note