CVE-2020-28407 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2020-28407

In swtpm before 0.4.2 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1, a local...

Vulnerability Description

In swtpm before 0.4.2 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1, a local attacker may be able to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack against a temporary file such as TMP2-00.permall.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

swtpm project

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Affected Software

swtpm
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2023
Last Modified: September 12th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.