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2017-05-12 01:45
Earlier this week Intel announced a critical escalation of privilege bug that affects its remote management features shipping with Intel Server chipsets for past 7 years, which, if exploited, would allow a remote attacker to take control of vulnerable PCs, laptops, or servers. The vulnerability, labeled CVE-2017-5689, affects Intel remote management technologies, including Active Management
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Related Vulnerability
DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
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2017-05-02 | CVE-2017-5689 | Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Multiple Intel Products An unprivileged network attacker could gain system privileges to provisioned Intel manageability SKUs: Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) and Intel Standard Manageability (ISM). | 10.0 |