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High
Resolved LPE in HitmanPro (CVE-2021-25271)
CVE(N)
CVE-2021-25271
PRODUIT(S)
HitmanPro
Mis à jour
2021 Oct 7
Version de l'article
2
Publié
2021 Oct 7
ID de publication
sophos-sa-20211007-hmp-lpe
Solution alternative
No
Overview
A local privilege escalation vulnerability in HitmanPro was discovered and responsibly disclosed to Sophos. It was reported via the Sophos bug bounty program by an external security researcher. The vulnerability has been fixed. There is no action required for customers, as updates are installed automatically by default.
Sophos would like to thank Michael Bourque (@downwithupsec) for responsibly disclosing the issues to Sophos.
The remediation prevented local users from reading or writing arbitrary files with administrator privileges. There was no evidence that the vulnerability was exploited and to our knowledge no customers are impacted.
Applies to the following Sophos product(s) and version(s)
- Sophos HitmanPro prior version Build 318
The Sophos Intercept X family is not impacted by this advisory.
Remediation
- Fix included in HitmanPro Build 318, released May 31, 2021
Related Information
Sophos Responsible Disclosure Policy
To learn about Sophos security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Responsible Disclosure Policy.