Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27328

High

Published: 03 May 2024

Published
03 May 2024
Modified
06 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0027 51.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27328 is a high-severity aka Blind XPath Injection (CWE-91) vulnerability in Parallels Parallels Desktop. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 48.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Parallels Desktop Toolgate XML Injection Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target guest system in…

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order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the Toolgate component. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct an XML document. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of the hypervisor. Was ZDI-CAN-19187.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

parallels
parallels desktop
≤ 18.1.1_\(53328\)

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

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