High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 2, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-8885

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2024.2.0 and older allows writing of arbitrary files.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20241002-cde-lpenvd

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