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CVE-2020-28656

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Published: Nov 16, 2020Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

The 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.

Affected (1)

Products: Vw: Polo Firmware
Vw
1 product
Polo Firmware
Configuration A
1 vulnerable · 1 platform
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Polo Firmware
Version 2019
Running on/withPlatform Versions
Vw
Polo
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-354
Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
The product does not validate or incorrectly validates the integrity check values or "checksums" of a message. This may prevent it from detecting if the data has been modified or corrupted in transmission.

References (2)

Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitThird Party Advisory

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