CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Severity: Medium
Date : 2020-11-19
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-28407
Package : swtpm
Type : privilege escalation
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1282
The package swtpm before version 0.5.1-1 is vulnerable to privilege
escalation.
Upgrade to 0.5.1-1.
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 0.5.1.
None.
A potential symbolic link following issue has been found in swtpm
before 0.5.1.
A malicious file might trick the program to overwrite files and
escalate priviledges.
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/e9c9778d5c35ef077aed1ec6601b47ac478f8185
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/4cc42c0ba3632a98ef381bda68d0a4eaec4578db
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/634b6294000fb785b9f12e13b852c18a0888b01e
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/a03cbadd087b2602412823f254ac75a9a12d97e3
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/526300236dc8a7664acdc265b6fc5d767289ac39
https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/e621b21d4c31029ebe794350fcff2bcd4b0f13a0
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-28407
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/4cc42c0ba3632a98ef381bda68d0a4eaec4578db
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/526300236dc8a7664acdc265b6fc5d767289ac39
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/634b6294000fb785b9f12e13b852c18a0888b01e
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/a03cbadd087b2602412823f254ac75a9a12d97e3
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/e621b21d4c31029ebe794350fcff2bcd4b0f13a0
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/commit/e9c9778d5c35ef077aed1ec6601b47ac478f8185
github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
security.archlinux.org/AVG-1282
security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-28407