🛡️ CVE-2024-6153
🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-693 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Parallels Desktop Updater Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to downgrade Parallels software on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target host system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Updater service. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of version information before performing an update. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-19481.

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-693
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-06-20
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2024-11-21
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
parallels-desktop — 18.1.0

References

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