CVE-2017-5689

An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability...

9.8 CriticalIn KEVPublic exploit

An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM). An unprivileged local attacker could provision manageability features gaining unprivileged network or local system privileges on Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM), and Intel Small Business Technology (SBT).

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

92.2%Up 61.3 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2017-5689
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 9.8

Record: CVE-2017-5689
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-14766 9.8

Record: EUVD-2017-14766
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v6j9-wwcx-4984 9.8

An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability...

Record: GHSA-v6j9-wwcx-4984
CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-269
Updated: 2026-11-02

CISA KEV No score

Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Intel products contain a vulnerability which can allow attackers to perform privilege escalation.

Record: CVE-2017-5689
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	CerberusSecurity/CVE-2017-5689	2017-05-04
PoC in GitHub	Bijaye/intel_amt_bypass	2017-05-09
Exploit-DB	Intel Active Management Technology - System Privileges	2017-05-10
PoC in GitHub	MlSebrell/amthoneypot	2017-05-12
PoC in GitHub	embedi/amt_auth_bypass_poc	2017-07-27
PoC in GitHub	TheWay-hue/CVE-2017-5689-Checker	2021-07-14
PoC in GitHub	aix567/C-A-S	2026-10-25
Metasploit	Intel AMT Digest Authentication Bypass Scanner	2017-05-05
Nuclei	Intel Active Management - Authentication Bypass

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	exploitation, exploits
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-5689 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hpe Proliant Ml10 Gen9 Server Firmware, published May 2, 2017. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since January 28, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since January 28, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 92.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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