Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-28638
Potential exploit
ask_password in Tomb 2.0 through 2.7 returns a warning when pinentry-curses is used and $DISPLAY is non-empty, causing affected users' files to be encrypted with "tomb {W] Detected DISPLAY, but only pinentry-curses is found." as the encryption key.
Vulnerability category: BypassGain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2020-28638
- cpe:2.3:a:dyne:tomb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-28638
0.30%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 69 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2020-28638
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
|
NIST | |
9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2020-28638
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When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2020-28638
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https://github.com/dyne/Tomb/issues/385
[security] Any password unlocks tomb when using pinentry-curses and non-empty $DISPLAY · Issue #385 · dyne/Tomb · GitHubExploit;Issue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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