PT-2024-37473 · Parallels · Parallels Desktop

Carlos Polop Martín · Published 2024-06-21 · Updated 2024-06-24 · CVE-2024-6240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Parallels Desktop Software versions prior to 19.3.0

Description: The issue is related to improper privilege management, allowing an attacker to escalate privileges on the system. This can be achieved by adding malicious code to a script and populating the BASH ENV environment variable with the path to the malicious script, which executes on application startup.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 19.3.0, update to version 19.3.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the ability to populate the BASH ENV environment variable with malicious script paths to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6240

Affected Products

Parallels Desktop

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6240 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktop · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/84040 · Telegram Post