CVE-2006-5817

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

prl_dhcpd in Parallels Desktop for Mac Build 1940 uses insecure permissions (0666) for /Library/Parallels/.dhcpd_configuration, which allows local users to modify DHCP configuration.

Affected products

Parallels Desktop: build_1940

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0582.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22634
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0582.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22634

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