Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability_CVE-2025-7973

8.5 / 10

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-7973

Source Rockwell

Published Aug 14, 2025 at 13:52

Modified Aug 14, 2025 at 13:59

Affected Product

Vendor Rockwell Automation

Product FactoryTalk® ViewPoint

Version Version 14.00 or below

Affected Versions Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Version 14.00 or below

CWE Classification

CWE-268

References

www.rockwellautomation.com /en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1738.html

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