01 Record
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 run as SYSTEM.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Sophos
CNA base score7.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 2.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-07-17 18:53Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-07-17 20:29Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- Sophos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9b9d92251981d1df75a77a9c8de37df0241ed2dfccd8d54b340baa0be65c0451
05 Affected products
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