Privilege escalation in Sophos UTM - #VU8939

Vulnerability identifier: #VU8939

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Sophos

Affected software:
Sophos UTM

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to insecure directory permissions. A local attacker with 'loginuser' privileges can set the root password and gain elevated privileges.

Update to version 9.503.

• https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2017-020.txt