CVE-2017-5689
Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5689
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).
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation Context
as of October 13, 2026- CISA added CVE-2017-5689 to the KEV catalog 1,732 days after its CVE record was published.
- It is one of 2 Intel entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and the only one added in 2022.
- Its current EPSS score (92.2%) is higher than that of 75% of CISA KEV entries.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 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 |
References
11 Links- https://www.tenable.com/blog/rediscovering-the-intel-amt-vulnerability
- https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-Rev%201.1.pdf
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170509-0001/
- https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Silent.pdf
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-fr
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03754en_us
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- https://www.embedi.com/news/mythbusters-cve-2017-5689
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdf
Record Details
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