CVE-2020-13523 — An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in SoftPerfect’s RAM

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in SoftPerfect’s RAM Disk 4.1 spvve.sys driver. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause the disclosure of sensitive information. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.

01What is this vulnerability?

An exploitable information disclosure vulnerability exists in SoftPerfect’s RAM Disk 4.1 spvve.sys driver. A specially crafted I/O request packet (IRP) can cause the disclosure of sensitive information. An attacker can send a malicious IRP to trigger this vulnerability.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / SoftPerfect	SoftPerfect RAM Disk 4.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-08-04T19:02:11.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:18:18.471Z

09References

• talosintelligence.com — https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1122