Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-25269
CVE-2021-25269
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.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:sophos:exploit_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sophos:exploit_prevention:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.8.3
- (no CPE)range: <3.8.3
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
<2.0.23+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.23
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
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