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

> A local attacker can execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges via system calls in the Intel Smart Sound Technology driver.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-87g7-6w9f-j789

## What is CVE-2018-3672?

CVE-2018-3672 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Driver module in Intel Smart Sound Technology before version 9.21.00.3541 potentially allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code as administrator via a system calls.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3672?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Intel Smart Sound Technology.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-3672?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-3672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology

- [CVE-2018-3666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3666/): Memory corruption in Smart Sound Technology (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-3670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3670/): Memory corruption in Smart Sound Technology (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-3672 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-3672 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology, published on 1 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel Corporation Smart Sound Technology. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-3672/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3672
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3672
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-3672

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