Vulnerability CVE-2021-25269


Published: 2021-11-26

Description:
A local administrator could prevent the HMPA service from starting despite tamper protection using an unquoted service path vulnerability in the HMPA component of Sophos Intercept X Advanced and Sophos Intercept X Advanced for Server before version 2.0.23, as well as Sophos Exploit Prevention before version 3.8.3.

Type:

CWE-428

(Unquoted Search Path or Element)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Sophos -> Exploit prevention 
Sophos -> Intercept x endpoint 
Sophos -> Intercept x for server 

 References:
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211126-ixa-hmpa-local-dos

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