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CVE-2017-5689 Intel CVE debrief

CVE-2017-5689 is listed by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability affecting Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability. The catalog description identifies it as a privilege escalation issue and directs defenders to apply vendor updates. Because it appears in the KEV catalog, it should be treated as a remediation priority for any environment using the affected Intel manageability technologies.

Vendor
Intel
Product
Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-01-28
Original CVE updated
2022-01-28
Advisory published
2022-01-28
Advisory updated
2022-01-28

Who should care

Security and IT teams responsible for Intel-managed endpoints, fleet management, firmware/management-plane patching, and vulnerability remediation should care most. Asset owners with Intel AMT, Intel SBT, or Intel Standard Manageability enabled on their systems should verify whether vendor updates have been applied.

Technical summary

The available official corpus identifies this as a privilege escalation vulnerability in Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability. CISA added CVE-2017-5689 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-01-28 and lists the required action as applying updates per vendor instructions. No further technical details are provided in the supplied source corpus.

Defensive priority

High. CISA KEV inclusion indicates confirmed exploitation activity and makes remediation time-sensitive. Use the KEV due date and vendor guidance as the minimum urgency baseline for patching and verification.

Recommended defensive actions

  • Identify all systems that use Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), or Standard Manageability.
  • Apply vendor-provided updates per Intel instructions as directed by CISA.
  • Verify remediation after patching, including confirmation that the relevant management components are updated.
  • Track this CVE as a high-priority item in vulnerability management workflows because it is listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
  • Use the official CVE and NVD records to confirm current reference details before and after remediation.

Evidence notes

This debrief is intentionally limited to the supplied official sources: the CISA KEV JSON feed entry, the official CVE record link, and the NVD detail link. The corpus supports that CVE-2017-5689 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Intel AMT, SBT, and Standard Manageability, that it was added to CISA KEV on 2022-01-28, and that the required action is to apply updates per vendor instructions. No additional exploitation mechanics, affected version ranges, or impact specifics were included in the supplied sources, so they are not asserted here.

Official resources

CISA lists CVE-2017-5689 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and states: apply updates per vendor instructions. The supplied KEV metadata dates the entry to 2022-01-28, with a due date of 2022-07-28.