CVE-2021-25271
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro...
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
- Record
CVE-2021-25271- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
- Record
CVE-2021-25271- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12182 No score
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12182- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmxj-g74m-j3gh
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro...
A local attacker could read or write arbitrary files with administrator privileges in HitmanPro before version Build 318.
- Record
GHSA-qmxj-g74m-j3gh- CVSS 3.1
- 6.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25271 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) in Sophos Hitmanpro, published October 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 13th percentile. No source names a fixed version.