VDB-107684 · CVE-2017-5700 · BID 101241

Intel NUC7i3BNK/NUC7i3BNH/NUC7i5BNK/NUC7i5BNH/NUC7i7BN up to BN0049 Password Storage credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Intel NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH and NUC7i7BN up to BN0049. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Password Storage. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5700. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH and NUC7i7BN up to BN0049. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Password Storage. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Insufficient protection of password storage in system firmware for Intel NUC7i3BNK, NUC7i3BNH, NUC7i5BNK, NUC7i5BNH, NUC7i7BNH versions BN0049 and below allows local attackers to bypass Administrator and User passwords via access to password storage.

The bug was discovered 10/06/2017. The weakness was shared 10/11/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security-center.intel.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-5700 since 02/01/2017. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/16/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 101241†). The entries VDB-107685, VDB-107686 and VDB-107687 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: security-center.intel.com
Researcher: Nikolaj Schlej
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-5700 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5700
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-107684
SecurityFocus: 101241 - Multiple Intel Products CVE-2017-5700 Insecure Password Storage Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2017 10:34
Updated: 01/16/2021 08:23
Changes: 10/11/2017 10:34 (60), 11/23/2019 15:20 (4), 01/16/2021 08:23 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:09C:103

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