Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-7472

Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer
CVSS 3.1
7.5High

Official description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Intercept X for Windows installer prior version 1.22 can lead to a local user gaining system level privileges, if the installer is run as SYSTEM.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.5High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Sophos) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer v < 1.22 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

1
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Details

Published
2025-07-17
Last updated
2025-07-17
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Sophos

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.13%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-427
    Uncontrolled Search Path Element