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CVE-2017-5689: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedpublic exploitCVE-2017-5689
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Intel products contain a vulnerability which can allow attackers to perform privilege escalation.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Intelproduct: Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard ManageabilityPrivilege escalation
What
Intel products contain a vulnerability which can allow attackers to perform privilege escalation.
Who is affected
Deployments of affected Intel products.
Urgency
Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
Action
Update to the latest firmware provided by Intel.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-01-28
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5689

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2017-5689coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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