---
id: "CVE-2017-5689"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2017-5689"]
title: "Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 10.0
epss: 0.92189
exploited: true
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: [{"name": "Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["amt", "enterprise-endpoints", "exploited", "infrastructure", "intel", "self-hosted", "windows"]
not_affected_if: ["amt-disabled", "no-intel-amt"]
published_at: "2017-05-02T14:59:00+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "kev", "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2017-5689", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5689", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5689", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00"}]
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# Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Intel AMT, SBT and Standard Manageability firmware contains a privilege escalation flaw that lets an attacker gain control of the management engine. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:Intel Active Management Technology (AMT), Small Business Technology (SBT), and Standard Manageability affected ? fixed ?

## Fix

Apply the firmware and driver updates from Intel per vendor instructions; the sources do not list affected or fixed versions.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T19:11:53+00:00 kev https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?search_api_fulltext=CVE-2017-5689
- 2026-10-23T19:13:44+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-5689
- 2026-10-23T21:57:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5689

## From the sources

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).

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