### [CVE-2018-9056](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-9056)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~nael/pubs/asplos18.pdf

#### Github
- https://github.com/codexlynx/hardware-attacks-state-of-the-art
- https://github.com/nsacyber/Hardware-and-Firmware-Security-Guidance