CVE-2017-5708 describes multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities within Intel Manageability Engine Firmware versions 11.0 through 11.20, allowing an unauthorized process to access privileged content. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received notable community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security landscape. It is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:manageability_engine_firmware:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:manageability_engine_firmware:11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:manageability_engine_firmware:11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:manageability_engine_firmware:11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:manageability_engine_firmware:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.