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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-7472

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

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

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-2025-7472. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.14%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer 0 <1.22

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.

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 Installer 0 <1.220 <1.22

How to fix CVE-2025-7472

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-2025-7472. EPSS is 0.14%. Act only if a listed version of Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Sophos Sophos Intercept X for Windows Installer 0 <1.22 0 <1.22. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.14%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

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 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.

  2. Jul 17, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7472

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-7472

    30-day exploitation probability 0.14%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-21813

    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.

    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