CVEs / CVE-2017-5689
CVE-2017-5689: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 28 Jan 2022
- critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 92.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
Intel products contain a vulnerability which can allow attackers to perform privilege escalation.
Description
An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM). An unprivileged local attacker could provision manageability features gaining unprivileged network or local system privileges on Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM), and Intel Small Business Technology (SBT).
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation Intel Active Mangement Technology, Intel Small Business Technology, Intel Standard Manageability | fixed in versions 6.2.61.3535, 7.1.91.3272, 8.1.71.3608, 9.1.41.3024, 10.0.55.3000, 11.0.25.3001, and 11.6.27.3264 and later | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 28 Jan 2022 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 28 Jul 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-269 |
References
- CVE-2017-5689 on NVD
- CVE-2017-5689 in the CISA KEV catalog
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98269 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038385 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdf Third Party Advisory
- https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-Rev%201.1.pdf Broken Link
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03754en_us Third Party Advisory
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-fr Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170509-0001/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Silent.pdf Broken Link, Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.embedi.com/news/mythbusters-cve-2017-5689 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/rediscovering-the-intel-amt-vulnerability Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5689 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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