What is CVE-2020-28656?

CVE-2020-28656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vw Polo, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-11-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-28656?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Vw Polo

CVE-2020-28656

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vw Polo
Vw Polo_firmware — versions 2019
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-354 — Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28656?: CVE-2020-28656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vw Polo, classified under Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-11-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-28656?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.