CVE-2017-5715 vulnerability in Intel and Other Products
Published on January 4, 2018
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2017-5715 can be exploited with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2017-5715. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Side Channel Attack Vulnerability?
The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not. Discrepancies can take many forms, and variations may be detectable in timing, control flow, communications such as replies or requests, or general behavior. These discrepancies can reveal information about the product's operation or internal state to an unauthorized actor. In some cases, discrepancies can be used by attackers to form a side channel.
CVE-2017-5715 has been classified to as a Side Channel Attack vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2017-5715
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Affected Versions
Intel Corporation Microprocessors with Speculative Execution Version All is affected by CVE-2017-5715Exploit Probability
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