New CPU Vulnerability: Bypassing Privileges to Read Memory

Researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered a new CPU vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass user privilege protections and read memory contents at over 5000 bytes per second by exploiting ambiguities in the order of CPU instruction execution. This is not an isolated incident but part of a series of vulnerabilities exploiting speculative execution technologies, similar to the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities of 2017. While Intel has implemented mitigations, this highlights fundamental flaws in the architecture, requiring ongoing patching efforts.