Unquoted Service Path Vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X Advanced
CVE-2021-25269
4.4MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
Sophos
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 26 November 2021
What is CVE-2021-25269?
A local administrator has the ability to hinder the HMPA service from starting while bypassing tamper protection due to an unquoted service path issue in the HMPA component of Sophos Intercept X Advanced and its server counterpart, along with Sophos Exploit Prevention. This can lead to service disruption, impacting overall system functionality.

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Affected Version(s)
Intercept X Advanced < 2.0.23
Intercept X Advanced for Server < 2.0.23
Sophos Exploit Prevention < 3.8.3
