CVE-2021-25269

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 26, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-25269: Medium severity, CVSS 4.4 | Vulnix