CVE-2025-9068

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® Linx Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

State: Published
Severity: 8.5 High
Published: Oct 14, 2025
Updated: Oct 14, 2025
Reserved: Aug 15, 2025

Description

A security issue exists within the Rockwell Automation Driver Package x64 Microsoft Installer File (MSI) repair functionality, installed with FTLinx. Authenticated attackers with valid Windows Users credentials can initiate a repair and hijack the resulting console window for vbpinstall.exe. This allows the launching of a command prompt running with SYSTEM-level privileges, allowing full access to all files, processes, and system resources.

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-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
FactoryTalk LinxRockwell Automation	6.40 and priorAffected

References

https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1754.html

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