CVE-2017-5689
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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).
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 92% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-269
Affected products
hpe: proliant ml10 gen9 server firmware; hpe: proliant ml10 gen9 server; siemens: simatic itp1000 firmware; siemens: simatic itp1000; siemens: simatic ipc847d firmware; siemens: simatic ipc847d; siemens: simatic ipc847c firmware; siemens: simatic ipc847c; siemens: simatic ipc827d firmware; siemens: simatic ipc827d; siemens: simatic ipc827c firmware; siemens: simatic ipc827c; siemens: simatic ipc677d firmware; siemens: simatic ipc677d; siemens: simatic ipc677c firmware
References
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&language… PatchVendor Advisory
- https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&language… PatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html PatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Silent.pdf Broken LinkExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://www.embedi.com/files/white-papers/Silent-Bob-is-Silent.pdf Broken LinkExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98269 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038385 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-874235.pdf Third Party Advisory
- https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-… Broken Link