Retina Customer Alert: Intel Firmware Vulnerability

[caption id="attachment_21788" align="alignnone" width="800"] You have likely heard about the recent Intel AMT vulnerability (CVE-2017-5689) that could potentially leave an organization open to botnets. On May 1^st Intel announced a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability (Intel-SA-00075) affecting the Intel product family of Active Management Technology (AMT), Intel Standard Manageability (ISM), and Intel Small Business Technology firmware versions 6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, 11.0, 11.5, and 11.6.[/caption] For customers, BeyondTrust added detection in Retina’s audit release 3268 shortly after Intel’s announcement. The following Retina audit was created to help you detect which systems in your environment are affected: 63596 - Intel (INTEL-SA-00075): Active Management Technology For more information on how Retina Enterprise Vulnerability Management can help you reduce attack surfaces by delivering a large-scale, cross-platform vulnerability assessment and remediation, contact us today.