Privilege escalation in Intel Server Platform Services Firmware - CVE-2017-5709

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9389

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5709

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Intel

Affected software:
Intel Server Platform Services Firmware

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A local attacker can send a specially crafted request,gain elevated privileges and access privileged content.

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.

• https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00086&languageid=en-fr&ref=hvper.com