CVE-2020-28656

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-28656
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-16 04:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-02 20:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe update functionality of the Discover Media infotainment system in Volkswagen Polo 2019 vehicles allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code because some unsigned parts of a metainfo file are parsed, which can cause attacker-controlled files to be written to the infotainment system and executed as root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-354

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Vw Polo - All All All
Hardware Vw Polo - All All All
Operating System Vw Polo Firmware 2019 All All All
Operating System Vw Polo Firmware 2019 All All All

References

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A code signing bypass for the VW Polo | Context Information Security MISC www.contextis.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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