CVE-2017-5689
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.922 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSadded 2022-01-28remediate by 2022-07-28
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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).
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.
- MitigationSIMATIC Industrial PCscisa_csaf_ot
Siemens has provided firmware updates for the affected industrial PCs to address this vulnerability. These updates can be found on their web site at the following location:
- MitigationSIMOTION P320cisa_csaf_ot
Siemens has provided firmware updates for the affected industrial PCs to address this vulnerability. These updates can be found on their web site at the following location:
- MitigationSINUMERIK Panel Control Unit (PCU)cisa_csaf_ot
Siemens has provided firmware updates for the affected industrial PCs to address this vulnerability. These updates can be found on their web site at the following location:
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (8)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- auxiliary/scanner/http/intel_amt_digest_bypassIntel AMT Digest Authentication Bypass Scannerfunctional · metasploit
- EDB-43385Intel Active Management Technology - System PrivilegesPoC · exploit_db
- Bijaye/intel_amt_bypasssimple python poc for CVE-2017-5689PoC · poc_in_github
- CerberusSecurity/CVE-2017-5689CerberusSecurity/CVE-2017-5689PoC · poc_in_github
- TheWay-hue/CVE-2017-5689-CheckerTheWay-hue/CVE-2017-5689-CheckerPoC · poc_in_github
affected products (61)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- 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 laterenisa_euvdEU
- hpe proliant ml10 gen9 server firmware= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hpe:proliant_ml10_gen9_server_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 11.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 11.6nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- intel active management technology firmware= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- ICSA-17-180-01AICSA-17-180-01A_Siemens SIMATIC Industrial PCs, SINUMERIK Panel Control Unit, and SIMOTION P320 (Update A)2017-06-29icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Maksim Malyutin from Embedi reported this issue to Intel.
also known as (8)
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
references (35)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038385cnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdfcnnvd
- https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-Rev%201.1.pdfcnnvd
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03754en_uscnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156782/Manually-Exploiting-Intel-AMT.htmlcnnvd
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-frcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170509-0001/cnnvd
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