What is CVE-2021-25264?

CVE-2021-25264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Home. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-25264?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sophos Home

CVE-2021-25264

In multiple versions of Sophos Endpoint products for MacOS, a local attacker could execute arbitrary code with administrator privileges.

Published 2021-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-11-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sophos Home
Sophos Intercept X
Sophos Intercept X For macOS — versions unspecified
Sophos Intercept X For macOS (Opm) — versions unspecified
Sophos Home For macOS — versions unspecified

References

community.sophos.com/b/security-blog (Vendor Advisory)
community.sophos.com/b/security-blog/posts/resolved-lpe-in-endpoint-for-macos-c… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25264?: CVE-2021-25264 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sophos Home. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-25264?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.