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CVE-2024-8885 (GCVE-0-2024-8885)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-02 12:25 – Updated: 2024-10-02 14:24
VLAI
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2024.2.0 and older allows writing of arbitrary files.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-02 14:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1104 - Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Sophos Sophos Intercept X Affected: 0 , < 2024.2.0 (semver)
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sophos intercept_x Affected: 0 , < 2024.2.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:sophos:intercept_x:-:*:*:*:central:macos:*:*
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Credits
Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of watchTowr (https://watchtowr.com)
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