Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.20 Active Management Technology memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.20. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Active Management Technology. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-5712. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Manageability Engine up to 11.20. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown part of the component Active Management Technology. 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Active Management Technology (AMT) in Intel Manageability Engine Firmware 8.x/9.x/10.x/11.0/11.5/11.6/11.7/11.10/11.20 allows attacker with remote Admin access to the system to execute arbitrary code with AMT execution privilege.

The bug was discovered 11/20/2017. The weakness was published 11/20/2017 as INTEL-SA-00086 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at security-center.intel.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5712 since 02/01/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 38693 (Intel Active Management Technology Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 101920†). Further details are available at wired.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-109767, VDB-109768, VDB-109769 and VDB-109771. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 860137
OpenVAS Name: Intel Active Management Technology Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: INTEL-SA-00086
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5712 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-5712
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109770
SecurityFocus: 101920 - Intel Manageability Engine CVE-2017-5712 Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039852

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/21/2017 15:28
Updated: 01/24/2021 22:17
Changes: 11/21/2017 15:28 (82), 12/09/2019 10:27 (4), 01/24/2021 22:17 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:DD1:103

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