CVE-2020-28368 describes a side-channel vulnerability in Xen through version 4.14.x, allowing guest OS administrators to extract sensitive information, such as AES keys, from outside the guest via power/energy monitoring interfaces. This "Platypus" attack affects various distributions including Debian and Fedora running Xen. With a CVSS score of 4.4 (Medium), the attack requires high privileges (PR:H) and local access (AV:L), but has high confidentiality impact (C:H) with no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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