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CVE-2017-5689

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

Intel · CWE-269 — Improper privilege management · in CISA KEV since 2022-01-28

ExigentKEV since 2022 · listed over a yearCISA KEVActively Exploited
85

EVRS 85 of 100 Immediate

Out-of-Band / Urgent Remediation

Rank 394 of 2,960 tracked

Raised to the floor for a confirmed exploited vulnerability.

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Why it scores 85

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.922.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareDid not apply
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

Patch or fixed version identified

CISA required action

Fixed in

simatic itp1000 firmware: update to 9.1.41.3024 or later | simatic ipc847d firmware: update to 9.1.41.3024 or later | simatic ipc847c firmware: update to 6.2.61.3535 or later | simatic ipc827d firmware: update to 9.1.41.3024 or later | simatic ipc827c firmware: update to 6.2.61.3535 or later | simatic ipc677d firmware: update to 9.1.41.3024 or later

Affected versions

  • proliant ml10 gen9 server firmware5.0
  • simatic itp1000 firmware< 9.1.41.3024
  • simatic ipc847d firmware< 9.1.41.3024
  • simatic ipc847c firmware< 6.2.61.3535
  • simatic ipc827d firmware< 9.1.41.3024
  • simatic ipc827c firmware< 6.2.61.3535
  • simatic ipc677d firmware< 9.1.41.3024
  • simatic ipc677c firmware< 6.2.61.3535

+63 more affected products; see the full list at NVD.

Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Fixed versions from NVD.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 9.8 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.922 (99.82nd pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Unknown or none CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-07-28 · KEV since 2022 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. Public module exists Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 9.8 (v3.1), assigned by intel. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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).

What CISA says to do

Public module

Metasploit lists a public normal-rank module for this CVE: Intel AMT Digest Authentication Bypass Scanner (scanner/http/intel_amt_digest_bypass). A module existing is not the same as active exploitation; see metasploit.com.