7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2020-12446
G.SKILL Trident Z IOMMU Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The ene.sys driver in G.SKILL Trident Z Lighting Control through 1.00.08 exposes mapping and un-mapping of physical memory, reading and writing to Model Specific Register (MSR) registers, and input from and output to I/O ports to local non-privileged users. This leads to privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

INFO

Published Date :

April 29, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:59 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-12446 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 Gskill trident_z_lighting_control
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-12446 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2020-12446.

URL Resource
https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-12446 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-2020-12446 weaknesses.

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).

Exploit for eneio64.sys - Turning Physical Memory R/W into Virtual Memory R/W

driver-exploitation exploit

Python C++ C

Updated: 2 days, 6 hours ago
89 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : March 4, 2025, 3:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Windows kernel rootkit for the highschool's cyber track

cpp rootkit-kernel windows windows-driver

C++ C Assembly Python

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 24, 2023, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

x64 Windows kernel code execution via user-mode, arbitrary syscall, vulnerable IOCTLs demonstration

code-execution kernel kernel-exploitation kernel-exploit kernel-exploits windows windows-10 driver drivers device-driver cli memory-hacking smep smep-bypass

C++ C Assembly

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
331 stars 65 fork 65 watcher
Born at : May 14, 2021, 2:22 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Kernel Driver Utility

loader driver-loader dse byovd

C C++ Assembly C#

Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago
2223 stars 457 fork 457 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2020, 5:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 25 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-2020-12446 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-12446 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md No Types Assigned https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gskill:trident_z_lighting_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.00.08
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

0.10 }} 0.01%

score

0.27733

percentile