CVE-2025-7472: Sophos Intercept X For Windows Installer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sophos Sophos Intercept X For Windows Installer: before 1.22 (fixed in 1.22)

Published 2025-07-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.