CVE-2021-25264 (GCVE-0-2021-25264)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-17 17:02 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56
VLAI
Summary
In multiple versions of Sophos Endpoint products for MacOS, a local attacker could execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges.
Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Sophos Intercept X for MacOS Affected: unspecified , ≤ 10.0.3 (custom)
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Sophos Intercept X for MacOS (OPM) Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.10.1 (custom)
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Sophos Sophos Home for MacOS Affected: unspecified , ≤ 10.0.3 (custom)
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Credits
Csaba Fitzl
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