CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2017-5715
MEDIUMEPSS 99th pctl5.6
CVSS v3
Description
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
Impact
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
74.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days
99thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.html
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4614
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155281/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-26.mcu.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-001.txt
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txt
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102376
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040071
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution
- https://aws.amazon.com/de/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/
- https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-002
- https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-003
- https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00019.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/36
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/16
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:03.speculative_execution.asc
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu.asc
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