CVE-2020-0601 [Exploited] | Microsoft WINDOWS 10 1507 Spoofing

CVE-2020-0601 is rated Critical Active Threat (93.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 94.09%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2021-11-03) affecting Microsoft / Windows. a weakness (CWE-295) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +1.58% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
47933	exploit_db	edb	2020-01-15	Exploit-DB ↗

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Source

Kind

Published

Link

47933

exploit_db

edb

2020-01-15

Exploit-DB ↗

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-11-21	92.52%	94.09%	+1.58%
2	2025-11-18	94.09%	92.52%	-1.58%
3	2025-10-30	—	94.09%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2025-11-21

92.52%

94.09%

+1.58%

2025-11-18

94.09%

92.52%

-1.58%

2025-10-30

—

94.09%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.1	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	5.2	[email protected]
8.1	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	5.2	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
5.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	4.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

8.1

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

5.2

[email protected]

8.1

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

5.2

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

5.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

4.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-0601

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	—	CVE-2020-0601: 1 source package rows (containerd); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-0601

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-0601

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
microsoft	windows_10_1507	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1507	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_10_1607	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1607	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_10_1709	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-::::::arm64:
microsoft	windows_10_1709	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1709	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_10_1803	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-::::::arm64:
microsoft	windows_10_1803	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1803	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_10_1809	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::arm64:*
microsoft	windows_10_1809	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x64:*
microsoft	windows_10_1809	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1809:::::::x86:*
microsoft	windows_10_1903	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-::::::arm64:
microsoft	windows_10_1903	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1903	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1903:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_10_1909	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-::::::arm64:
microsoft	windows_10_1909	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-::::::x64:
microsoft	windows_10_1909	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1909:-::::::x86:
microsoft	windows_server_1803	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_server_1903	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1903:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_server_1909	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1909:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_server_2016	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:::::::*
microsoft	windows_server_2019	—	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:::::::*
golang	go	>= 1.12, < 1.12.16	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::
golang	go	>= 1.13, < 1.13.7	cpe:2.3:a:golang:go::::::::

References for CVE-2020-0601

URL	Tags
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
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0601	US Government Resource

URL

CVE-2020-0601

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2020-0601

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-0601

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-0601

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-0601

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-0601

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-0601

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-0601

References for CVE-2020-0601