CVE-2025-10576
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. HP is releasing updated audio packages 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 confidenceThe SECOMN64 audio driver from Sound Research used in certain HP PC products contains vulnerabilities that could allow an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges, potentially executing code at a higher privilege level.
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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
- Authentication
- X
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- X
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:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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 SECOMN64 audio driver presenceOpen Device Manager, expand 'Sound, video and game controllers', and look for 'SECOMN64' or 'Sound Research' audio driver entries. Alternatively, run 'driverquery /v' in Command Prompt and search for SECOMN64 in the output.Affected if The SECOMN64 driver appears in Device Manager or driverquery results, indicating the vulnerable driver is installed on the system.
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Retrieve driver version numberRight-click the SECOMN64 driver in Device Manager, select Properties, go to the Driver tab, and note the Driver Version field. Alternatively, right-click the driver file in Device Manager and select 'Properties' then 'Details' to view the File Version.Affected if A version number is displayed that predates the HP-patched release version for this driver.
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Confirm system is an HP PCRun 'msinfo32' or open System Information, check the System Manufacturer field. Alternatively, run 'wmic computersystem get manufacturer' in Command Prompt.Affected if The system manufacturer shows 'HP' or 'Hewlett-Packard', indicating this is an affected HP product that uses the vulnerable driver.
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Verify driver is loaded and activeIn Device Manager, check that the SECOMN64 audio device shows as 'This device is working properly' with no error codes. In PowerShell, run 'Get-WindowsDriver -Online | Where-Object {$_.Driver -like "*SECOMN64*"}' to confirm the driver is loaded.Affected if The driver is installed and actively loaded on the system, making the privilege escalation vulnerability exploitable.
The system is affected if it is an HP PC with the SECOMN64 audio driver from Sound Research installed and the driver version is older than the HP-patched release version.
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 HP audio package updates released to address this vulnerability. Verify the Sound Research SECOMN64 driver version matches the patched release.
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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