CVE-2017-5689
An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology…
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- intel
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).
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 28 Jan 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 28 Jul 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 92.2% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Escalation of Privilege
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-269
Affected products
Intel Corporation · Intel Active Mangement Technology, Intel Small Business Technology, Intel Standard Manageability
- affected 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
References (12)
- https://www.tenable.com/blog/rediscovering-the-intel-amt-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-Rev%201.1.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 98269 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038385 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170509-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Silent.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-fr (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03754en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.embedi.com/news/mythbusters-cve-2017-5689 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5689 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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