Host code execution via crash-dump path traversal
Published May 3, 2024 · Updated Sep 18, 2024
Path traversal in Parallels Desktop before 18.1.1 allows local users with privileged guest access to write files on the macOS host. The Toolgate crash-dump handler concatenates a guest-controlled process name with the GuestDumps directory, and an embedded null truncates the suffix before QFile writes attacker-supplied data. Exploitation requires high-privileged code execution inside a guest and can overwrite host-user files, enabling code execution as that host user.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in Parallels Desktop before 18.1.1 allows local users with privileged guest access to write files on the macOS host. The Toolgate crash-dump handler concatenates a guest-controlled process name with the GuestDumps directory, and an embedded null truncates the suffix before QFile writes attacker-supplied data. Exploitation requires high-privileged code execution inside a guest and can overwrite host-user files, enabling code execution as that host user.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27326
- Published
- May 3, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2024
- Vendor
- Parallels
- Product
- Parallels Desktop
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 18, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Is a vulnerable build present?
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- Affected versionversion=0 <18.1.1
- Affected versionversion=18.0.2 (53077)
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Impalabs Parallels Desktop VM Escapefunctional · demonstrated
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