{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25269 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-25269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X Advanced, published on 26 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25269 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-25269 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X Advanced, published on 26 Nov 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25269 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Sophos Intercept X Advanced. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25269/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25269/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-25269","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25269/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-25269","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-cvpr-72qq-65cc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Sophos Endpoint Security","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local administrator can prevent the HMPA service from starting via an unquoted service path, bypassing tamper protection in Sophos Intercept X.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Sophos","cpe":[{"product":"exploit_prevention","vendor":"sophos"},{"product":"intercept_x_endpoint","vendor":"sophos"},{"product":"intercept_x_for_server","vendor":"sophos"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-428","name":"Unquoted Search Path or Element"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intercept X Advanced","id":"CVE-2021-25269","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in HitmanPro.Alert","id":"CVE-2021-25270"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2021-25268"},"products":["Intercept X Advanced","Intercept X Advanced for Server","Sophos Exploit Prevention"],"published":"2021-11-26","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-03","vendors":["Sophos"]},"summary":"A local administrator can prevent the HMPA service from starting via an unquoted service path, bypassing tamper protection in Sophos Intercept X.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25269/"}