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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-10255
Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix DRAM Many-sided RowHammer Attack
Description

Modern DRAM chips (DDR4 and LPDDR4 after 2015) are affected by a vulnerability in deployment of internal mitigations against RowHammer attacks known as Target Row Refresh (TRR), aka the TRRespass issue. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs to create certain access patterns to trigger bit flips on affected memory modules, aka a Many-sided RowHammer attack. This means that, even when chips advertised as RowHammer-free are used, attackers may still be able to conduct privilege-escalation attacks against the kernel, conduct privilege-escalation attacks against the Sudo binary, and achieve cross-tenant virtual-machine access by corrupting RSA keys. The issue affects chips produced by SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung. NOTE: tracking DRAM supply-chain issues is not straightforward because a single product model from a single vendor may use DRAM chips from different manufacturers.

INFO

Published Date :

March 10, 2020, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 16, 2020, 3:23 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.0

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-10255 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Micron ddr4_sdram
2 Micron lpddr4
1 Samsung ddr4
2 Samsung lpddr4
1 Skhynix ddr4_sdram
2 Skhynix lpddr4
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-10255.

URL Resource
https://download.vusec.net/papers/trrespass_sp20.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vusec/trrespass Product
https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/rowhammer-vulnerability-ddr4-dram.html Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1237425959407513600 Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/vu5ec/status/1237399112590467072 Third Party Advisory
https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-10255 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://download.vusec.net/papers/trrespass_sp20.pdf No Types Assigned https://download.vusec.net/papers/trrespass_sp20.pdf Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/vusec/trrespass No Types Assigned https://github.com/vusec/trrespass Product
    Changed Reference Type https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/rowhammer-vulnerability-ddr4-dram.html No Types Assigned https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/rowhammer-vulnerability-ddr4-dram.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1237425959407513600 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1237425959407513600 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://twitter.com/vu5ec/status/1237399112590467072 No Types Assigned https://twitter.com/vu5ec/status/1237399112590467072 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/ No Types Assigned https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:h:micron:ddr4_sdram:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:h:micron:lpddr4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:h:samsung:ddr4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:h:samsung:lpddr4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:h:skhynix:ddr4_sdram:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:h:skhynix:lpddr4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://thehackernews.com/2020/03/rowhammer-vulnerability-ddr4-dram.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/antumbral/status/1237425959407513600 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://twitter.com/vu5ec/status/1237399112590467072 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/vusec/trrespass [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-10255 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-10255 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.10%

score

0.70620

percentile

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