The SSL protocol 3.0 uses nondeterministic CBC padding, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data via a padding-oracle attack, also known as the "POODLE" issue. This allows an attacker to decrypt some encrypted contents under certain conditions. The conditions of successful exploitation are somewhat similar to the BEAST attack, which requires several conditions to be met for successful exploitation, including a man-in-the-middle position in the network and the ability to direct the victim client to send many repeated requests to the vulnerable server on behalf of the attacker. Due to the conditions required of a successful attack scenario, the risk of exploitation is not particularly high.