# CVE-2017-5709: Privilege escalation in Server Platform Services

> Unauthorized processes can escalate privileges and access privileged content in Intel Server Platform Services firmware, requiring vendor patches.

- **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:** 21 Nov 2017
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcpc-cc5q-wv67

## What is CVE-2017-5709?

CVE-2017-5709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Server Platform Services, published on 21 Nov 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple privilege escalations in kernel in Intel Server Platform Services Firmware 4.0 allows unauthorized process to access privileged content via unspecified vector.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5709?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Server Platform Services Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5709?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5709 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5709 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Server Platform Services

- [CVE-2017-5706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5706/): Memory corruption in Server Platform Services (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-29466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29466/): Denial of service in Intel(R) SPS (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2019-0099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0099/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Server Platform Services (SPS), Intel (R) Trusted Execution Engine Interface (TXE) (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-29515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29515/): Denial of service in Intel(R) SPS (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2018-12198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12198/): Denial of service in Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Technology (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5709 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5709 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Server Platform Services, published on 21 Nov 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-2017-5709 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel Corporation Server Platform Services. 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-2017-5709/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5709/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5709
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5709
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5709

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