Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel attack on the directional branch predictor, as demonstrated by a pattern history table (PHT), aka BranchScope.
- Published
- Mar 27, 2018
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 50th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-200
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intel | xeon e3 1220 v3 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_e3_1220_v3 |
| intel | atom c | cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_c |
| intel | atom e | cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_e |
| intel | atom x3 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_x3 |
| intel | atom z | cpe:2.3:h:intel:atom_z |
| intel | celeron j | cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_j |
| intel | celeron n | cpe:2.3:h:intel:celeron_n |
| intel | core i3 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i3 |
| intel | core i5 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i5 |
| intel | core i7 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_i7 |
| intel | core m | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_m |
| intel | core m3 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:core_m3 |
and 188 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intel atom cc2308
- intel atom cc2316
- intel atom cc2338
- intel atom cc2350
- intel atom cc2358
- intel atom cc2508
- intel atom cc2516
- intel atom cc2518
- intel atom cc2530
- intel atom cc2538
- intel atom cc2550
- intel atom cc2558
- intel atom cc2718
- intel atom cc2730
- intel atom cc2738
- intel atom cc2750
- intel atom cc2758
- intel atom cc3308
- intel atom cc3338
- intel atom cc3508
Same product
intel: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-5753Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an at50Plan
- CVE-2017-5754Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information47Plan
- CVE-2017-5715Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information44Plan
- CVE-2018-3639Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads before the addresses of all prior mem40Plan
- CVE-2018-3693Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an at25Monitor
- CVE-2018-3640Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and that perform speculative reads of system registers may allow unauthorized d24Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-200 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
{ "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"], "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}Fixed
{ "permissions": ["activeTab"], "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- ExcavationCAPEC-116likelihood: High · Medium
- Subverting Environment Variable ValuesCAPEC-13likelihood: High · Very High
- FootprintingCAPEC-169likelihood: High · Very Low
- Exploiting Trust in ClientCAPEC-22likelihood: High · High
- FingerprintingCAPEC-224likelihood: High · Very Low
- ICMP Echo Request PingCAPEC-285likelihood: Medium · Low
- TCP SYN ScanCAPEC-287Low
- Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) RecordsCAPEC-290Low
ATT&CK techniques
- System Service DiscoveryT1007
- System Network Configuration DiscoveryT1016
- Remote System DiscoveryT1018
- System Owner/User DiscoveryT1033
- Masquerading: Match Legitimate Name or LocationT1036.005
- Network Service ScanningT1046
- System Network Connections DiscoveryT1049
- Process DiscoveryT1057
- Permission Groups DiscoveryT1069
- System Information DiscoveryT1082
- File and Directory DiscoveryT1083
- Account DiscoveryT1087
- Multi-Factor Authentication InterceptionT1111
- Peripheral Device DiscoveryT1120
- System Time DiscoveryT1124
- Access Token Manipulation:Token Impersonation/TheftT1134.001
Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.