CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-5704 — Intel Core I3 security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.7

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.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.7 (3.0)
Published
2018-07-10
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
hardware/firmware
Weaknesses
CWE-522

Affected products

  • intel / core_i3 / 4000m
  • intel / core_i3 / 4005u
  • intel / core_i3 / 4010u
  • intel / core_i3 / 4010y
  • intel / core_i3 / 4012y
  • intel / core_i3 / 4020y

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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