Intel vPro Vulnerabilities

Intel has released details of several vulnerabilities related to its vPro remote-management suite, specifically the Management Engine (ME) 11.x, Server Platform Services (SPS) 4.0.x and the Trusted Execution Engine (TXE) 3.0.x.

Threat ID:: CC-1800
Category:: Exploit
Threat Severity:: Medium
Threat Vector:
Published:: 21 November 2017 12:00 AM

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Summary

Threat details

Exploitation of these may allow a user to escalate their privileges, load and execute code, impersonate remote-administration software or cause system crashes. The vulnerabilities detailed here have the following CVE identifiers:

CVE-2017-5705
CVE-2017-5706
CVE-2017-5707
CVE-2017-5708
CVE-2017-5709
CVE-2017-5710
CVE-2017-5711
CVE-2017-5712

Remediation steps

Type	Step
	A detection tool has been released by Intel which is able to analyse a system for vulnerabilities. Administrators are encouraged to download and use this tool. Ensure systems are using updated firmware and have Intel Capability Licencing Service installed.