CVE-2024-8885: Sophos Intercept X

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local privilege escalation vulnerability in Sophos Intercept X for Windows with Central Device Encryption 2024.2.0 and older allows writing of arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Sophos Intercept X: before 2024.2.0 (fixed in 2024.2.0)
• Sophos Sophos Intercept X: before 2024.2.0 (fixed in 2024.2.0)

Published 2024-10-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.