CVE-2017-5683 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability within the IntelHAXM.sys driver of the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (HAXM) prior to version 6.0.6. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain system-level access on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has a high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:intel:hardware_accelerated_execution_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.