CVE-2020-0601
Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-295
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
89.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.