CVE-2020-28407

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    CVE-2020-28407

    Published: 3 Nov 2023Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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.

    References: https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.4.2, https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.1, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198395

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2df14e343b43ea576e0f8cc106670303446682ac

    Affected versions

    0.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2020-28407 | CVE-DB