Sophos HitmanPro.Alert before build 861 allows local elevation of privilege.
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Sophos HitmanPro.Alert before build 861 allows local elevation of privilege.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00359 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-9540
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9wr3-8f4c-6rjh
References
More Sophos Hitmanpro.alert vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-02939 An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the 0x2222CC IOCTL handler… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-07522 A local attacker could execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges in HitmanPro.Alert before version Build 901. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2018-02938 Use of uninitialized resource in Talos Sophos CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2020-9540 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-9540 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9wr3-8f4c-6rjh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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