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CVE-2021-25271

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.

Affected products

• Sophos HitmanPro: before 318 — fixed in 318

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sophos HitmanPro 318. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211007-hmp-lpe
• https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20211007-hmp-lpe

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