A potential security vulnerability in Intel® Smart Sound Technology may allow escalation of privilege.** Intel is releasing software updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.**
CVEID: CVE-2020-0583
Description: Improper access control in the subsystem for Intel® Smart Sound Technology may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS Base Score: 8.6 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Intel® Smart Sound Technology versions shown below:
**Platform Code Name -**Affected Intel® Smart Sound Technology Driver Versions
Intel recommends that users of Intel® Smart Sound Technology** **update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues. __
Intel would like to thank Lee Christensen of SpecterOps for reporting this issue.
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