CVE-2023-50226 PoC — Parallels Desktop Updater Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source

https://github.com/kn32/parallels-file-move-privesc

Associated Vulnerability

Title: Parallels Desktop Updater Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2023-50226)
Description:Parallels Desktop Updater Link Following 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 low-privileged code on the target host system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Updater service. By creating a symbolic link, an attacker can abuse the service to move arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-21227.

Description

Parallels Desktop privilege escalation - CVE-2023-50226 / ZDI-CAN-21227

Readme

# parallels-file-move-privesc

This repository contains an exploit for CVE-2023-50226 / ZDI-CAN-21227, which can be used to escalate privileges to root using Parallels Desktop on versions before 18.3.2.

![Proof of concept output](./poc.png)

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