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January 2020 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft nukes Windows crypto flaw flagged by the NSA
Vulnerabilities mentioned
All| CVE | Vulnerability | CVSS | EPSS | Signals | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-0601 | ECC Certificate Spoofing in Microsoft Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) | 8.1 | 89% | KEV | KEV |
CVE-2020-0609+1 related CVE | A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system… | 9.8 | 75% | ||
| CVE-2020-0620 | An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Cryptographic Services improperly handles files, aka 'Microsoft Cryptographic Services Elevation… | 7.8 | <1% |
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
As forecasted , January 2020 Patch Tuesday releases by Microsoft and Adobe are pretty light: the “star of the show” is CVE-2020-0601, a Windows flaw flagged by the NSA that could allow attackers to successfully spoof code-signing certificates and use them to sign malicious code or intercept and modify encrypted communications.
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