7.5

CVE-2025-7472: sophos sophos intercept x for windows installer Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighDeferred
Published 17-07-2025Last modified 17-07-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-7472 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in sophos sophos intercept x for windows installer. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-07-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Intercept X for Windows installer prior version 1.22 can lead to a local user gaining system level privileges, if the installer is run as SYSTEM.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.12% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Sophos1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links