Known Exploited Vulnerability
8.1
HIGH
CVE-2020-0601
Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
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'.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 14, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 12, 2022, 6:40 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) contains a spoofing vulnerability in the way it 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. A successful exploit could also allow the attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks and decrypt confidential information on user connections to the affected software. The vulnerability is also known under the moniker of CurveBall.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes :

Reference CISA's ED 20-02 (https://www.cisa.gov/emergency-directive-20-02) for further guidance and requirements.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-0601 has a 116 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_server_2016
3 Microsoft windows_server_2019
4 Microsoft windows_server
5 Microsoft windows
1 Golang go
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-0601.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155960/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155961/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0601 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python Batchfile PowerShell VBScript

Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 19, 2024, 4:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 5 days ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2024, 11:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 414 different CVEs too.

Known attacks on Elliptic Curve Cryptography

Sage

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
273 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Nov. 4, 2024, 5:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 14, 2024, 4:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Demonstration of CVE-2020-0601 aka curveball. Based on the PoC's available at https://github.com/kudelskisecurity/chainoffools and https://github.com/ly4k/CurveBall

Python

Updated: 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 16, 2024, 12:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

My notes on security related topics

Python C Jupyter Notebook Assembly Makefile

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Dec. 29, 2023, 7:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

DayOne: Critical Vulnerability Root Cause Analysis Platform

Python JavaScript Ruby HTML Assembly Makefile C Objective-C Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 15, 2023, 2:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 61 different CVEs too.

simulation experiment of Curveball (CVE-2020-0601) attacks under ECQV implicit certificates with Windows-like verifiers

C C++

Updated: 1 year, 1 month ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 9, 2023, 11:38 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

poc集合(持续更新ing)

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 1:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 154 different CVEs too.

None

Batchfile

Updated: 1 year, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 17, 2023, 7:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A Common Vulnerability PoC Knowledge Base一个普遍漏洞POC知识库

vulnerability

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
17 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2023, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 232 different CVEs too.

2017-0021

C#

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 7, 2023, 11:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
5 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 20, 2023, 11:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • imperialviolet.org
Picking parameters

When taking something from cryptographic theory into practice, it's very important to pick parameters. I don't mean picking the right parameters — although that certainly helps. I mean picking paramet ... Read more

Published Date: Mar 15, 2022 (2 years, 8 months ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-0601 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155960/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155960/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155961/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155961/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.12 up to (excluding) 1.12.16 *cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.13 up to (excluding) 1.13.7 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155961/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155960/CurveBall-Microsoft-Windows-CryptoAPI-Spoofing-Proof-Of-Concept.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0601 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0601 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-295
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-0601 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-0601 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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0.99761

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