CVE-2025-53947

Cognex In-Sight Explorer and In-Sight Camera Firmware Incorrect Default Permissions

State: Published
Severity: 6.9 Medium
Published: Sep 18, 2025
Updated: Sep 19, 2025
Reserved: Aug 6, 2025

Description

A local attacker with low privileges on the Windows system where the software is installed can exploit this vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data. A data folder is created with very weak privileges, allowing any user logged into the Windows system to modify its content.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.9 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	icscert
3.1	7.7 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H	icscert

Weaknesses

CWE-276

Affected Products

Product	Versions
In-Sight 2000 seriesCognex	5.x through 6.5.1Affected
In-Sight 7000 seriesCognex	5.x through 6.5.1Affected
In-Sight 8000 seriesCognex	5.x through 6.5.1Affected
In-Sight 9000 seriesCognex	5.x through 6.5.1Affected
In-Sight ExplorerCognex	5.x through 6.5.1Affected

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-261-06

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