Microsoft Windows

CVE-2020-0601
HIGH 8.1CISA KEV ↗Exploited per ENISA since 2021-11-03

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 89.08 % · percentile 100 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validates Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates.An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by using a spoofed code-signing certificate to sign a malicious executable, making it appear the file was from a trusted, legitimate source, aka 'Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability'.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Advisories

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Windowsaffected 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems ; affected 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems ; affected 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
Microsoft · Windows Serveraffected version 1803 (Core Installation) ; affected 2019 ; affected 2019 (Core installation) ; affected 2016 ; affected 2016 (Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systemsaffected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systemsaffected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systemsaffected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systemsaffected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systemsaffected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)affected unspecified
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systemsaffected unspecified

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
CISA Known Exploited VulnerabilitiesCC0 1.0
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD