CVE-2023-27327: Parallels Desktop Toolgate Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges…

PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.0

AVLACHPRHUINSCCHIHAH

EPSS

0.40%

32.3th percentile

Parallels Desktop Toolgate Time-Of-Check Time-Of-Use Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Toolgate component. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user on the host system. Was ZDI-CAN-18964.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
parallels	desktop	—	—
parallels	parallels_desktop	< 18.1.1_\(53328\)	18.1.1_\(53328\)

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