CVE-2020-9540 describes a local elevation of privilege vulnerability in Sophos HitmanPro.Alert versions prior to build 861. An attacker with local access could exploit this flaw to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, but requires local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 861CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:hitmanpro.alert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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