01 Record

CVE-2020-17397

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.4. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the

HighPUBLISHEDCNA: zdi

CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 39.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2020-08-25 20:20Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 13:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-08-07

Assigning CNA

zdi

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cecba5465a97b53f295445e9a9cd26e33353572a96476a1181728a08888f4186

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ParallelsDesktop15.1.4—

06 References

kb.parallels.comhttps://kb.parallels.com/en/125013x_refsource_MISC
www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1015/x_refsource_MISC