CVE-2025-7973
Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.5 High
- Published
- Aug 14, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 14, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 21, 2025
Description
A security issue exists in FactoryTalk ViewPoint version 14.0 or below due to improper handling of MSI repair operations. During a repair, attackers can hijack the cscript.exe console window, which runs with SYSTEM privileges. This can be exploited to spawn an elevated command prompt, enabling full privilege escalation.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.5 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | Rockwell |
Weaknesses
- CWE-268 Privilege Chaining
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FactoryTalk® ViewPointRockwell Automation |
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References
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