Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware
CVE-2017-5710

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Intel
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 November 2017

Summary

The vulnerability allows unauthorized processes to escalate their privileges within the Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware 3.0, providing malicious actors the potential to access privileged information through unspecified vectors. This poses a significant risk to system integrity and confidentiality, necessitating prompt remediation.

Affected Version(s)

Trusted Execution Engine 3.0

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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