This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.3-47255. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handler for HOST_IOCTL_SET_KERNEL_SYMBOLS in the prl_hypervisor kext. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel. Was ZDI-CAN-10519.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2020-08-25T20:20:50

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:53:17.087Z

Reserved: 2020-08-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-17392

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Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-08-25T21:15:13.147

Modified: 2020-08-28T18:19:39.817

Link: CVE-2020-17392

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