CVE-2017-5688
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThere is an escalation of privilege vulnerability in the Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox versions before 3.4.5 which allow a local administrative attacker to load and execute arbitrary code.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceIntel Solid State Drive Toolbox before version 3.4.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing a local attacker with administrative privileges to load and execute arbitrary code, likely through insecure loading of dynamic libraries or improper privilege handling.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 3.4.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate Intel SSD Toolbox installation directoryCheck for the presence of the Intel SSD Toolbox folder in Program Files (C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel SSD Toolbox\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel SSD Toolbox\) or use PowerShell: Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Program Files','C:\Program Files (x86)' -Filter '*Intel SSD Toolbox*' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueAffected if The directory exists, indicating the software is installed
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Identify installed version of Intel SSD ToolboxCheck the version of the main executable (typically SSDToolbox.exe or similar) by right-clicking the file, selecting Properties, and viewing the Details tab, or run: (Get-Item 'C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel SSD Toolbox\*.exe').VersionInfo or the corresponding path in Program Files (x86)Affected if Version displayed is exactly 3.4.3
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Confirm version matches CVE-affected releaseCompare the identified version to the affected range. Only version 3.4.3 is listed as vulnerable in this CVE. Any other version (including earlier versions like 3.4.2 or later versions like 3.4.5+) falls outside the affected rangeAffected if Installed version is precisely 3.4.3 - users on other versions are not affected by this specific CVE
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Verify current user has administrative privilegesRun 'whoami /groups | findstr /i "admin"' or check if the current session runs with elevated rights, since the CVE requires an attacker with administrative privileges to exploit the vulnerabilityAffected if The current user runs with administrative rights and Intel SSD Toolbox version is 3.4.3
You are affected only if Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox version 3.4.3 is installed AND you run with administrative privileges, as the vulnerability requires an admin-level attacker to perform the insecure library loading exploit.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox to version 3.4.5 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-5688 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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