CVE-2010-5249

Sophos Free Encryption <2.40.1.1-<2.40.1.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Sophos Free Encryption 2.40.1.1 and Sophos SafeGuard PrivateCrypto 2.40.1.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse pcrypt0406.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .uti file. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/41209

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.6%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
sophos/free_encryption 2.40.1.1
sophos/safeguard_privatecrypto 2.40.1.2
Published Sep 07, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026