CVE-2024-6240: Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop
First published: Fri Jun 21 2024(Updated: )
Improper privilege management vulnerability in Parallels Desktop Software, which affects versions earlier than 19.3.0. An attacker could add malicious code in a script and populate the BASH_ENV environment variable with the path to the malicious script, executing on application startup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to escalate privileges on the system.
Credit: cve-coordination@incibe.es
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Parallels Parallels Desktop | <19.3.0 |
Remedy
The vulnerability has been fixed by the manufacturer Parallels in version 19.3.0.
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