CVE-2024-8885

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2024.2.0 and older allows writing of arbitrary files.

*Credits: Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of watchTowr (https://watchtowr.com)

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-09-16 CVE Reserved
2024-10-02 CVE Published
2024-10-02 CVE Updated
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CWE-1104: Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components

CAPEC

CAPEC-113: Interface Manipulation

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241002-cde-lpe

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sophos Search vendor "Sophos"		Sophos Intercept X Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Sophos Intercept X"				< 2024.2.0 Search vendor "Sophos" for product "Sophos Intercept X" and version " < 2024.2.0"		en		Affected