Vulnerability in Intel Advisor (CVE-2017-5682, CVSS 7.3)

Summary

Vulnerability in Intel Advisor (CVE-2017-5682). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Intel PSET Application Install wrapper of Intel Parallel Studio XE, Intel System Studio, Intel VTune Amplifier, Intel Inspector, Intel Advisor, Intel MPI Library, Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Cryptography for Intel Integrated Performance Primitives, Intel Math Kernel Library, Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library, and Intel Threading Building Blocks before 2017 Update 2 allows an attacker to launch a process with escalated privileges.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2017-5682 has been found in Intel Advisor.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Intel Advisor CVE-2017-5682" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2017-5682 (Intel Advisor) — CVSS v3 7.3
Attack vector: local
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Intel Advisor.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Intel Advisor.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.3/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Advisor' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Advisor' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Advisor を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

advisory securityfocus.com
patch security-center.intel.com