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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.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.8, with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from sophos organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-06-25T11:19:21.713

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sophos	enterprise_console	≤ 5.2.1	Yes
Application	sophos	enterprise_console	5.1	Yes
Application	sophos	enterprise_console	5.2	Yes
Application	sophos	enterprise_console	5.2.1	Yes

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63940326/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000061 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68169 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/121066.aspx Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN63940326/index.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2014-000061 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68169 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/support/knowledgebase/121066.aspx Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sophos's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.