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CVE-2023-27328

Published: 03/05/2024 Updated: 03/05/2024

Vulnerability Summary

Parallels Desktop Toolgate XML Injection Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local malicious users to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-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 validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct an XML document. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the hypervisor. Was ZDI-CAN-19187.

Vulnerability Trend

Github Repositories

Exploits for CVE-2023-27327 and CVE-2023-27328

parallels-plist-escape This repository contains exploits for CVE-2023-27327 and CVE-2023-27328, which can be used together to escape a Parallels Desktop virtual machine, prior to Parallels Desktop 1811 It also contains code for a required kernel module, in prl_mod, which can be used to send arbitrary Toolgate requests (< opcode 0x8000) from userland, using a proc entr