# CVE-2024-52561

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-52561
- **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-708
- **Published:** Jun 3, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Snapshot functionality of Parallels Desktop for Mac version 20.1.1 (build 55740). When a snapshot of a virtual machine is deleted, a root service verifies and modifies the ownership of the snapshot files. By using a symlink, an attacker can change the ownership of files owned by root to a lower-privilege user, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

## Affected Products

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

## References

- [CNA](https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123)
- [CVE](https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2123)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.28%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 20.2

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