How severe is CVE-2020-12446?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-12446 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Gskill Trident Z Lighting Control

CVE-2020-12446

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.

Published 2020-04-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gskill Trident Z Lighting Control

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2020/ACTIVE-2020-003.md (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12446?: CVE-2020-12446 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gskill Trident Z Lighting Control. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-04-29.
How severe is CVE-2020-12446?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-12446 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.