# CVE-2017-5683: Privilege escalation in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

> A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in the Intel HAXM driver to gain system-level privileges on the host machine.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-52fm-q822-c9mc

## What is CVE-2017-5683?

CVE-2017-5683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, published on 4 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Privilege escalation in IntelHAXM.sys driver in the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager before version 6.0.6 allows a local user to gain system level access.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5683?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

- [CVE-2021-0180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0180/): Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2022-21812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21812/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) HAXM software (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-0182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0182/): Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5683 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5683 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, published on 4 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5683/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5683
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5683
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5683

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