CVE-2020-14979 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting EVGA Precision X1 and WinRing0 drivers (versions 1.2.0 and earlier). It allows local users, including low-integrity processes, to read and write to arbitrary memory locations, enabling privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is readily available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, with reports indicating its exploitation in campaigns like "SteelFox" for cryptojacking and information stealing.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:evga:precision_x1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:winring0_project:winring0:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.