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TITLE:
Parallels Desktop for Mac Shared Folder Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24171

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24171/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Parallels Desktop for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/12498/

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.

SOLUTION:
Disable Drag-and-Drop.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Rich Mogull

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2007-February/004091.html

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