What is CVE-2020-10947?

CVE-2020-10947 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus For Central, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-10947?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus For Central

CVE-2020-10947

Mac Endpoint for Sophos Central before 9.9.6 and Mac Endpoint for Sophos Home before 2.2.6 allow Privilege Escalation.

Published 2020-04-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

www.sophos.com/en-us.aspx (Vendor Advisory)
community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/advisory-cve-2020-10947---sophos-ant… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10947?: CVE-2020-10947 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus For Central, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-10947?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.