CVE-2014-2005

MEDIUM

Sophos Disk Encryption <5.2.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Sophos Disk Encryption (SDE) 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC) 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvndb

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000061

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/121066.aspx

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvn

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63940326/index.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68169

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.0%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-287

Status published

Products (4)

sophos/enterprise_console 5.1

sophos/enterprise_console 5.2

sophos/enterprise_console 5.2.1

sophos/enterprise_console < 5.2.1

Published Jun 25, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026