CVE-2024-8885 | BDVDB-2026-249796 Detail

SophosSophos Intercept X

Description#

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.

Impact#

CAPEC-113 Interface Manipulation

Weaknesses#

CWE-1104 Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References#

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241002-cde-lpe

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12024-10-02Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2024-10-02
Last modified: 2024-10-02

Vendor information

Vendor: Sophos
Product: Sophos Intercept X

All Sophos vulnerabilities

Score

8.8 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 1.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Insecure Deserialization

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 2024.2.0
Fixed
2024.2.0

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).