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Parallels Desktop for Mac Shared Folder Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA24171
Release Date: 2007-02-27
Last Update: 2007-03-06
Popularity: 7,771 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Parallels Desktop for Mac

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Rich Mogull has reported a security issue in Parallels Desktop for Mac, which can be exploited by malicious software to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that the Drag-and-Drop functionality of the VM (virtual machine) is implemented via a shared folder with "read-write" access to the host system. This can be exploited to write or manipulate files on the host system e.g. by malware in the VM.

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