CVEs-PoC/2005/CVE-2005-0109.md

CVE-2005-0109

Description

Hyper-Threading technology, as used in FreeBSD and other operating systems that are run on Intel Pentium and other processors, allows local users to use a malicious thread to create covert channels, monitor the execution of other threads, and obtain sensitive information such as cryptographic keys, via a timing attack on memory cache misses.

POC

Reference

• http://www.daemonology.net/hyperthreading-considered-harmful/
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911878
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9747

Github

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