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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-9540
CVE-2020-9540:
Sophos HitmanPro.Alert vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Sophos HitmanPro.Alert before build 861 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in March 2020, affecting all versions of HitmanPro.Alert prior to build 861 (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction, while potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at high levels (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker with local access to elevate their privileges on the affected system, potentially gaining full control over the system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability was fixed in HitmanPro.Alert build 861, released on January 10, 2020. Users should upgrade to this version or later to mitigate the vulnerability (Hitman Changelog).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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