This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.2-47123.

published 2020-03-23 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29714

cvss: 8.2; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 15.1.2-47123. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute high-privileged code on the target guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the xHCI component. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of the hypervisor. Was ZDI-CAN-10031.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

parallels parallels_desktop 15.1.3

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Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	8.2	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Parallels Desktop

Classification

Weakness

CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-20-294/
third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-8873
NVD CVE-2020-8873

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