# CVE-2017-5689: An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (A

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-01-28, remediation due 2022-07-28
- Published: 2017-05-02 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM), and Intel Small Business Technology (SBT) are affected by this vulnerability. An attacker with no special privileges, either over the network or from local access, could gain system-level privileges on systems with these manageability features provisioned.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## 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 later

## 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).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Intel Corporation Intel Active Mangement Technology, Intel Small Business Technology, Intel Standard Manageability, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- 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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98269
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038385
- 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

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