Advisory Details

April 21st, 2021

Parallels Desktop IDE Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI-21-436
ZDI-CAN-13186

CVE ID CVE-2021-31428
CVSS SCORE 8.2, AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
AFFECTED VENDORS Parallels
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Desktop
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

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 IDE virtual device. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the hypervisor.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Parallels has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://kb.parallels.com/en/125013
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2021-02-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2021-04-21 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Reno Robert of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
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