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Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVE-2017-5704

Medium
6.7/10

Summary

Platform sample code firmware included with 4th Gen Intel Core Processor, 5th Gen Intel Core Processor, 6th Gen Intel Core Processor, and 7th Gen Intel Core Processor potentially exposes password information in memory to a local attacker with administrative privileges.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published