Vulnerability · Published Oct 7, 2021 · Assigned by Sophos
CVE-2021-25271
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in HitmanPro from Sophos. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211007-hmp-lpe x_refsource_CONFIRM