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A vulnerability was found in IBM Power9. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component L1 Cache Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-4788. Local access is required to approach this attack. There is no exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM Power9 (the affected version is unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component L1 Cache Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.

The weakness was released 11/20/2020. It is possible to read the advisory at ibm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-4788. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (189296). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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