CVE-2024-6240
HIGHDescription
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.
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CVSS v3.1 Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| parallels | parallels_desktop |
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