# CVE-2024-36486

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-36486
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 7.8 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-62
- **Published:** Jun 3, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the virtual machine archive restoration functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (55740). When an archived virtual machine is restored, the prl_vmarchiver tool decompresses the file and writes the content back to its original location using root privileges. An attacker can exploit this process by using a hard link to write to an arbitrary file, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.

## Affected Products

- Parallels — Parallels Desktop for Mac (version 20.1.1 (55740))

## References

- [CNA](https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2126)
- [CVE](https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2126)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.32%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 24.2

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._