Intel AMT Escalation of Privilege Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
5 May 2017 09:26
Release Date:
5 May 2017
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - Others OS
A vulnerability has been identified in Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), which can be exploited by remote attacker to conduct elevation of privilege on the target system.
Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Intel manageability firmware versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.0, 11.5, and 11.6 for Intel® Active Management Technology, Intel® Small Business Technology, and Intel® Standard Manageability
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- The vendor has issued a fix:
https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00075&languageid=en-fr
Workaround:
- Please disable AMT if patch cannot be applied. Please refer to Intel documentation on detection of AMT and mitigation:
https://downloadmirror.intel.com/26754/eng/INTEL-SA-00075%20Mitigation%20Guide-Rev%201.1.pdf
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