Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-7433

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2025.1 and older allows arbitrary code execution.

Published Jul 17, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 17, 2025 · Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-7433. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.12%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows 0 <2025.1

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2025.1 and older allows arbitrary code execution.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows 0 <2025.10 <2025.1

How to fix CVE-2025-7433

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-7433. EPSS is 0.12%. Act only if a listed version of Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows 0 <2025.1 0 <2025.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.12%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2025.1 and older allows arbitrary code execution.

  2. Jul 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2025.1 and older allows arbitrary code execution.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7433

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-7433

    30-day exploitation probability 0.12%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-21810

    A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2025.1 and older allows arbitrary code execution.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026