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On May 1, 2017, Intel has confirmed and patched a remote elevation of privilege bug (CVE-2017-5689) in its Management Engine firmware,[21] a bug long suspected by members of the Coreboot and Libreboot communities.[22][23] Every Intel platform with either Intel Standard Manageability, Active Management Technology, or Small Business Technology, from Nehalem in 2008 to Kaby Lake in 2017 has a remotely exploitable security hole in the IME (Intel Management Engine).