Vulnerability CVE-2024-6240


Published: 2024-06-21

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-269

(Improper Privilege Management)

 References:
https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/improper-privilege-management-vulnerability-parallels-desktop

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