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LIN1021-6795 : Security Advisory - swtpm - CVE-2020-28407

Created: Nov 6, 2023    Updated: Jul 27, 2025
Resolved Date: Jul 27, 2025
Found In Version: 10.21.20.1
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Userspace

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2020-28407 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28407)
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