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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2017-5689

Intel Active Mangement Technology

Intel Corporation / Intel Active Mangement Technology · 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

Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
92.2%
First observed
Last observed

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2017-5689 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Intel Corporation Intel Active Mangement Technology and 2 other products. An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel...

Is it exploited?

Yes. KEV Intelligence tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed.

Who is affected?

Intel Corporation / Intel Active Mangement Technology 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.

What should we do?

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Overview

Intel Active Mangement Technology

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).

Vendor Product Affected Status
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 Affected
Published
02 May 2017
Exploitation Reported
28 Jan 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

nuclei_scanner cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why KEV Intelligence marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 28 Jan 2022

Independent exploitation attestation added to the KEV Intelligence record.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 04 May 2017

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-01-28 00:00 UTC

Detection

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Observed signals

Request targets
0
User-Agents
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

92.2%

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 10.0 High

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Potential Proof of Concepts

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Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  3. Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2017-5689",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.92189,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}

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