Integer overflow in Parallels Desktop - CVE-2020-17396
Published: August 19, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45769
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-17396
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the prl_hypervisor module. A local user can run a specially crafted program to trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel.
Affected software
Parallels Desktop
How to mitigate CVE-2020-17396
Install updates from vendor's website.
Parallels Desktop - update to 16.0.0 (48916)