What is CVE-2014-2005?

CVE-2014-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Enterprise Console, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2014-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2014-2005?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Sophos Enterprise Console

CVE-2014-2005

Sophos Disk Encryption (SDE) 5.x in Sophos Enterprise Console (SEC) 5.x before 5.2.2 does not enforce intended authentication requirements for a resume action from sleep mode, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain desktop access by leveraging the absence of a login screen.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Sophos Enterprise_console — versions 5.1, 5.2, 5.2.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_JVNDB, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2005?: CVE-2014-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Enterprise Console, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2014-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2014-2005?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.