{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13972 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2024-13972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows Core Agent, published on 17 Jul 2025. 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-2024-13972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2024-13972 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows Core Agent, published on 17 Jul 2025. 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-2024-13972 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Sophos Intercept X for Windows Core Agent. 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-2024-13972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-13972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13972/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-13972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mv32-9mh3-q74p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Endpoint security agent","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can gain SYSTEM privileges during a product upgrade due to insecure registry permissions in the Sophos Intercept X updater.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Sophos","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-276","name":"Incorrect Default Permissions"}],"description":"A vulnerability related to registry permissions in the Intercept X for Windows updater prior to Core Agent version 2024.3.2 can lead to a local user gaining SYSTEM level privileges during a product upgrade.","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 Sophos Intercept X for Windows Core Agent","id":"CVE-2024-13972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"SQL injection in Sophos Firewall","id":"CVE-2024-13973"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Arbitrary File Read and Server Side Request Forgery via XML External Entities in Lobster_pro","id":"CVE-2024-13971"},"products":["Sophos Intercept X for Windows Core Agent"],"published":"2025-07-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-08-03","vendors":["Sophos"]},"summary":"A local attacker can gain SYSTEM privileges during a product upgrade due to insecure registry permissions in the Sophos Intercept X updater.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13972/"}