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CVE-2020-28407 (GCVE-0-2020-28407)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-12 19:34

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-05 20:19 UTC

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/ta…
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198395
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/ta…

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FKIE_CVE-2020-28407

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-03 04:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:10

Severity

7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198395	Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.4.2	Release Notes
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.1	Release Notes
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.1	Release Notes

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	swtpm_project	swtpm	*
	swtpm_project	swtpm	0.5.0

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GHSA-52X8-2F4W-Q8MM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-03 06:36 – Updated: 2023-11-10 00:30

Details

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.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

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GSD-2020-28407

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2020-28407

Aliases

CVE-2020-28407

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OESA-2022-1741 (CVE-2020-28407)

Vulnerability from osv_openeuler – Published: 2022-07-08 11:05 – Updated: 2026-08-06 11:05 – Source website

Summary

swtpm security update

Details

TPM emulator built on libtpms providing TPM functionality for QEMU VMs

Security Fix(es):

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.(CVE-2020-28407)

Severity

8.2 (High)


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

References

URL

Type

	https://www.openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bull…	ADVISORY
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28407	ADVISORY

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OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11416-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2024-06-15 00:00

Summary

swtpm-0.6.1-1.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2020-28407.

CVE-2020-28407

5.3 (Medium)


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

Recommended: 12 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28407 (CVE-2020-28407)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-11-03 04:15 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:56 – Source website

Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Details

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.

Severity

7.1 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-28407	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28407	REPORT

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