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Vulnerability record

CVE-2017-5689

Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CriticalExploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Jul 28, 2022.

Patch status

Official fix available since

Apply the vendor's update to every affected system. Check the fixed-in versions below where known.

Basis: NVD patch reference

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).

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

ProductVendorSource
Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard ManageabilityIntelKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2017-5689 scored CVSS 9.8: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability, Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

  2. Patch releasedUpdateKEV

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

    An official fix is now available for Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability. This vulnerability is being exploited, so apply it promptly.

    Basis: NVD patch reference

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References