vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2020-28407)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C) | Nov 3, 2023 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 3, 2023
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A potential symbolic link following issue has been found in swtpm before 0.5.1.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2020-28407
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-28407
- URL-https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198395
- URL-https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/compare/v0.5.0...v0.5.1
- URL-https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.4.2
- URL-https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm/releases/tag/v0.5.1
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202011-21
- CWE-59
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