Intel Active Management Technology 6.x < 6.2.61.3535 RCE

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700071

Synopsis

The remote host is running a vulnerable version of Intel Active Management Technology and is affected by a Remote Code Execution (RCE) attack vector.

Description

Versions of Intel Active Management Technology 6.x prior to 6.2.61.3535 are affected by a flaw that is triggered as it insecurely performs read and write operations. This may allow a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code depending on the Intel software installed, or a local attacker to gain privileges in other configurations.

Solution

Upgrade to Active Management Technology version 6.2.61.3535 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 700071

Family: Generic

Published: 5/3/2017

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 97997

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:intel:active_management_technology_firmware

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5689

BID: 98269

Detections

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