CVE-2020-28368

4.4
MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 Base Score
0.40%
LOW RiskEPSS (32nd percentile)

Xen through 4.14.x allows guest OS administrators to obtain sensitive information (such as AES keys from outside the guest) via a side-channel attack on a power/energy monitoring interface, aka a "Platypus" attack. NOTE: there is only one logically independent fix: to change the access control for each such interface in Xen.

Published: 11/10/2020
Modified: 6/17/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

4.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2 Score

2.1

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.40%LOW Exploitation Risk
32nd percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.40% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 32% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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