CVE-2017-5688 Privilege escalation in Solid State Drive Toolbox
A local administrative attacker can escalate privileges to execute arbitrary code in Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-5688?
CVE-2017-5688 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Solid State Drive Toolbox, published on 31 May 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an escalation of privilege vulnerability in the Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox versions before 3.4.5 which allow a local administrative attacker to load and execute arbitrary code.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5688?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5688?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-5688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Solid State Drive Toolbox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrxf-9763-8vpj.