CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.4 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Intel CPU (Chip Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Speculative Execution. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS privilege via a terminal page fault and a side-channel analysis.
The bug was discovered 08/14/2018. The weakness was published 08/14/2018 with University of Michigan (Website). The advisory is available at intel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-3646 since 12/27/2017. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/02/2023). This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project. This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 112026 (RHEL 7 : Virtualization (RHSA-2018:2402) (Foreshadow)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 171690 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for xen (SUSE-SU-2018:3490-1)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (112026). Similar entries are available at 122692, 122822, 122908 and 122909.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 112026
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Virtualization (RHSA-2018:2402) (Foreshadow)
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Timeline
12/27/2017 🔍08/14/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: intel.comAdvisory: RHSA-2018:2402
Organization: University of Michigan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-3646 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1041451
SecurityFocus: 105080 - Multiple Intel Processors Side Channel Attack Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 08/15/2018 06:39Updated: 05/02/2023 09:18
Changes: 08/15/2018 06:39 (75), 03/15/2020 19:23 (7), 05/02/2023 09:14 (5), 05/02/2023 09:18 (1)
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