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.

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Affected products

Sophos/Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryptionllm-fuzzy
Range: <=2024.2.0

Patches

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References

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

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