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.

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.

Sophos Disk Encryption contains an authentication bypass vulnerability. Sophos Disk Encryption is a product to encrypt hard disk data on Windows PC. By default, Window requires logon authentication when the PC wakes up from hibernation or sleep mode. When Sophos Disk Encryption is installed, no authentication is required before operating the PC. Cybozu Inc. Security Incident Response Team reported this vulnerability to the developer. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.