Covert Timing Channel
nounid
2046·updated Aug 30, 2026verified· unreviewed
Covert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.
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Entity Type
Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Covert Timing Channels
- possessive
- Covert Timing Channel's
- pluralpossessive
- Covert Timing Channels'
Framework definitions
- §1
- Covert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.
- §1
- Covert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Covert channel in which one process signals information to another process by modulating its own use of system resources (e.g., central processing unit time) in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the second process.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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