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CVE-2020-0601 on CISA KEV

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 wa

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / Microsoft / Windows
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
BOD 22-01 due
2022-05-03
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 94.09%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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'.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 for 32-bit Systems, 10 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Serverversion 1803 (Core Installation), 2019, 2019 (Core installation), 2016, 2016 (Core installation)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified

06Detection

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