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Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-10577

HIGH · 8.5 CVSS v4.0 Published 2025-10-15
Mitigation only
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87/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

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 · unedited
Potential 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 confidence

Vulnerability in the Sound Research SECOMN64 audio driver package for certain HP PC products allows an attacker to escalate privileges, likely through improper driver handling or privilege validation within the audio subsystem.

MitigationApply the HP audio package updates released to address these vulnerabilities in the SECOMN64 driver.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify SECOMN64 audio driver installation
    Open Windows Device Manager, expand 'Sound, video and game controllers', and look for any audio driver entries containing 'SECOMN64' or 'Sound Research' in the name. Alternatively, run 'driverquery /v' from Command Prompt and search the output for SECOMN64.
    Affected if The driver is present in the system
  2. Retrieve the installed driver version
    Right-click the SECOMN64 audio driver in Device Manager, select Properties, go to the Driver tab, and note the Driver Version. Alternatively, use 'driverquery /v | findstr SECOMN64' to extract version information from the command line.
    Affected if The driver version matches or falls within the affected version range provided by HP security advisories
  3. Check if the vulnerable driver is currently loaded
    Open Services (services.msc) or use 'sc query' commands to check if the audio driver service related to SECOMN64 is running. Also verify in Device Manager if the driver is enabled and active.
    Affected if The driver is loaded and actively running on the system
  4. Verify the product model and driver package
    Open System Information (msinfo32) to confirm the HP PC model, then cross-reference with HP support documentation to confirm the SECOMN64 audio driver package is applicable to that model.
    Affected if The system is an HP PC model that uses the SECOMN64 audio driver package

The system is affected if it is an HP PC with the SECOMN64 audio driver installed and the installed version falls within the vulnerable version range published by HP.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply the HP audio package updates released to address these vulnerabilities in the SECOMN64 driver.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,120
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