CVE-2024-2208
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 · uneditedPotential vulnerabilities have been identified in the audio package for certain HP PC products using the Sound Research SECOMN64 driver, which might allow escalation of privilege. Sound Research has released driver updates to mitigate the potential vulnerabilities.
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 confidenceA privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Sound Research SECOMN64 audio driver for certain HP PC products. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating that a local attacker with standard user privileges could potentially gain elevated system privileges by exploiting this driver flaw.
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CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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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Identify if SECOMN64 audio driver is presentOpen Device Manager, expand 'Sound, video and game controllers', and look for 'Sound Research SECOMN64' or similar audio driver entries. Alternatively, run 'driverquery /v | findstr -i SECOMN' in Command Prompt.Affected if The driver named SECOMN64 or SECOMN appears in the device list
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Retrieve the installed driver versionRight-click the driver in Device Manager, select Properties, go to the Driver tab, and note the Driver Version field. Alternatively, use 'wmic sounddev get name,version' or check the .inf file in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\' for secomn in the folder name.Affected if A version number is returned for the SECOMN64 driver (version comparison to patched releases needed)
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Verify the system is an HP PC productRun 'wmic computersystem get manufacturer,model' or check System Information (msinfo32) under 'System Manufacturer' and 'System Model'.Affected if Manufacturer shows 'HP' or 'Hewlett-Packard' and the model matches an affected HP PC model
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Confirm the vulnerable driver service or file existsCheck for the presence of secomn64.sys or secomn.sys in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\. Also verify the driver is loaded by running 'sc query secomn64' or 'sc query secomn' in Command Prompt.Affected if The secomn64.sys or secomn.sys driver file exists and the service is present or running
If the SECOMN64 audio driver is installed on an HP PC and no vendor patch has been applied, the system is potentially affected by this privilege escalation vulnerability.
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 dataApply the Sound Research driver updates released for affected HP products. Organizations should identify their specific HP PC models, verify the current driver version, and deploy the patched driver through their standard patch management or driver update processes.
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