Plundervolt - Software-Based Fault Injection Attacks against Intel SGX

Explore the Plundervolt attack, a software-based fault injection technique targeting Intel SGX, in this IEEE conference talk. Delve into the exploitation of privileged interfaces for dynamic frequency and voltage scaling in modern processors, particularly Intel Core series. Understand how adversaries can manipulate voltage to compromise the integrity of Intel SGX enclave computations, bypassing memory encryption and authentication safeguards. Examine real-world attack scenarios, including key recovery from cryptographic algorithms and inducing memory safety vulnerabilities in secure enclave code. Learn about the challenges of mitigating Plundervolt and the potential need for microcode updates or hardware modifications to ensure trusted computing base recovery.