CVE-2020-12446
The ene.sys driver in G.SKILL Trident Z Lighting Control through 1.00.08 exposes mapping and un...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-12446- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2020-12446- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4757 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4757- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xjhp-97gh-h5mv No score
The ene.sys driver in G.SKILL Trident Z Lighting Control through 1.00.08 exposes mapping and un...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xjhp-97gh-h5mv- Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | enessakircolak/Windows-11-24h2-Kernel-Exploit | 2025-11-17 |
| PoC in GitHub | S1lkys/Eneio64-LPE | 2026-03-01 |
| PoC in GitHub | enessakircolak/CVE-2020-12446 | 2026-04-09 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploits, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-12446 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Gskill Trident Z Lighting Control, published April 29, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.