Medium [CVE-2021-25269] Intercept X: local administrator could prevent the HMPA service from starting despite tamper protection using an unquoted service path…
This medium-severity Sophos advisory covers CVE-2021-25269 affecting Intercept X.
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Summary
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.
- 2.0.23
- 3.8.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- 2.0.23
- 3.8.3
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 2.0.23, 3.8.3. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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