CVE-2021-25269 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-25269

A local administrator could prevent the HMPA service from starting...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Andrea Intilangelo
  • Florian Hansemann

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Intercept X Advanced, Intercept X Advanced for Server, Sophos Exploit Prevention
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: November 26th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.