THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-5712
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-5712

Manageability Engine Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in Active Management Technology (AMT) in Intel Manageability Engine Firmware 8.x/9.x/10.x/11.0/11.5/11.6/11.7/11.10/11.20 allows attacker with remote Admin access to the system to execute arbitrary code with AMT execution privilege.
Affected vendor
Intel
Affected product
Manageability Engine Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-11-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-5712

  • Confirm whether Intel Manageability Engine Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-5712.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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