CVE-2017-5753

Public Exploit

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

Category

5.6
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 94.17% Top 5%
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Affected: Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems
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References

Link Tags
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4609 third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution third party advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180002 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4611 third party advisory
https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/todays-cpu-vulnerability-what-you-need.html third party advisory
https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-002 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3580-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91229003 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0292 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-254.html third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180104-0001/ third party advisory
https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_18_01 third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145645/Spectre-Information-Disclosure-Proof-Of-Concept.html third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-001.txt third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html third party advisory mailing list
https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-security-updates/speculative-processor-vulnerability third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584653 third party advisory us government resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180049 third party advisory us government resource
https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2018-003 third party advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCO8x/StruxureWare+Data+Center+Operation+Software+Vulnerability+Fixes third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html third party advisory patch
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03805en_us third party advisory
https://www.mitel.com/en-ca/support/security-advisories/mitel-product-security-advisory-18-0001 third party advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-505225.pdf third party advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03871en_us third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3549-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/ third party advisory
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX231399 third party advisory
https://spectreattack.com/ third party advisory technical description
https://aws.amazon.com/de/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2018-013/ third party advisory
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/ third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040071 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102371 third party advisory vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3597-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4614 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3540-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180104-cpusidechannel third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3516-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.vmware.com/us/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0002.html third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43427/ third party advisory vdb entry exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3541-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3542-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html third party advisory
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-18282 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4613 third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html third party advisory patch
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/36 mailing list third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txt third party advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf third party advisory
https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/685359 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-5753?
CVE-2017-5753 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-5753?
To fix CVE-2017-5753, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-5753 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-5753 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~94% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-5753?
CVE-2017-5753 affects Intel Corporation Most Modern Operating Systems.
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