Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.20 Kernel memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.20. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple buffer overflows in kernel in Intel Manageability Engine Firmware 11.0/11.5/11.6/11.7/11.10/11.20 allow attacker with local access to the system to execute arbitrary code.
The bug was discovered 11/20/2017. The weakness was disclosed 11/20/2017 with Positive Technologies as INTEL-SA-00086 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security-center.intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5705 since 02/01/2017. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
In response to issues identified by external researchers, Intel has performed an in-depth comprehensive security review of our Intel® Management Engine (ME), Intel® Server Platform Services (SPS), and Intel® Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) with the objective of enhancing firmware resilience. As a result, Intel has identified security vulnerabilities that could potentially place impacted platforms at risk.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38694 (Intel Management Engine Multiple Privilege Escalation And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Further details are available at wired.com. The entries 109768, 109769, 109770 and 109771 are pretty similar.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 804553
OpenVAS Name: Intel Management Engine Privilege Escalation And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Vendor: intel.comAdvisory: INTEL-SA-00086
Researcher: Mark Ermolov, Maxim Goryachy
Organization: Positive Technologies
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5705 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1039852
SecurityFocus: 101917 - Intel Manageability Engine CVE-2017-5705 Multiple Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 11/21/2017 15:28Updated: 01/24/2021 22:03
Changes: 11/21/2017 15:28 (82), 12/09/2019 10:04 (5), 01/24/2021 21:57 (3), 01/24/2021 22:03 (1)
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