{"id":"CVE-2020-28656","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-28656","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:17:53.051Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2020-11-16T04:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:10:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-354"],"affected":["vw/polo firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00348,"percentile":0.28179,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.contextis.com/en/blog/a-code-signing-bypass-for-the-vw-polo","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.contextis.com/en/blog/a-code-signing-bypass-for-the-vw-polo","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28656","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}