Privilege escalation in Smart Sound Technology - CVE-2018-3672

 

Privilege escalation in Smart Sound Technology - CVE-2018-3672

Published: July 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14009
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3672
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Intel
Affected software:
Smart Sound Technology

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in driver module in Intel Smart Sound Technology. A local attacker can perform system calls and execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-3672

Update to version 9.21.00.3541 or later.

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