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Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Viewpoint

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • CVSS v4 8.5
  • ATTENTION: Low attack complexity
  • Vendor: Rockwell Automation
  • Equipment: FactoryTalk Viewpoint
  • Vulnerability: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in full privilege escalation.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following version of FactoryTalk Viewpoint is affected:

  • FactoryTalk Viewpoint: Version 14.00 and prior

3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW

3.2.1 EXECUTION WITH UNNECESSARY PRIVILEGES CWE-250

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.

CVE-2025-7973 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2025-7973. A base score of 8.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N).

3.3 BACKGROUND