High severity · published Mar 16, 2025
CVE-2025-30074
Alludo Parallels Desktop before 19.4.2 and 20.x before 20.2.2 for macOS on Intel platforms allows privilege escalation to root via the VM creation routine
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Alludo Parallels Desktop before 19.4.2 and 20.x before 20.2.2 for macOS on Intel platforms allows privilege escalation to root via the VM creation routine.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PD
Parallels Desktop · Parallels
19.3.1 before 19.4.2; 20.0.0 before 20.2.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30074
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-30074
kb.parallels.com
https://kb.parallels.com/en/130944
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