VDB-187268 · CVE-2021-25269 · GCVE-0-2021-25269

Sophos Intercept X Advanced HMPA Service unquoted search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Intercept X Advanced, Intercept X Advanced for Server and Exploit Prevention and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HMPA Service. Such manipulation leads to unquoted search path. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-25269. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sophos Intercept X Advanced, Intercept X Advanced for Server and Exploit Prevention (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component HMPA Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was presented 11/26/2021. The advisory is shared for download at sophos.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-25269 since 01/15/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1574.009.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Sophos

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.sophos.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.5

VulDB Base Score: 2.7
VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.4
CNA Vector (Sophos Limited): 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unquoted search path
CWE: CWE-428 / CWE-426
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

01/15/2021 🔍
11/26/2021 +315 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +0 days 🔍
12/02/2021 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sophos.com

Advisory: sophos.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2021-25269 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-25269
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-187268

Entryinfo

Created: 11/26/2021 18:35
Updated: 12/02/2021 09:53
Changes: 11/26/2021 18:35 (47), 12/02/2021 09:53 (2)
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