No less a vulnerability for being indirect.
So black hats can brain-scan the chip for vulnerabilities, even if the brain scanner is not itself a direct vulnerability.
You would think that a hardware dev feature like this would only be available on dev chips, with the relevant shit being at least encapsulated and preferably emasculated on the production version. But no, all it needs is a piece of feckin' software. Well done, Intel, you are living up to your reputation bigtime.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
