CVE-2006-5817: Parallels Desktop

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Parallels Desktop: version build_1940 only

Published 2006-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.