CVE detail
CVE-2018-5407
Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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In January 2018, security news media was abuzz over a new class of vulnerability called side channel vulnerabilities. Spectre, Meltdown and Foreshadow are some of the best known. They exploit weaknesses in speculative execution in microprocessors to leak unauthorized information. Side channel vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass account permissions, virtualization boundaries and protected memory regions. […]
newswww.csoonline.comFeb 20, 2019, 11:00 AMA newly revealed side-channel attack can leak encrypted data from Intel microprocessors that use a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) architecture.
newswww.securityweek.comNov 5, 2018, 6:20 PM
Exploit code
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