CVE-2025-7973: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Rockwell Automation · FactoryTalk® ViewPoint
Affected: Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 3% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Rockwell Automation · FactoryTalk® ViewPointVersion 14.00 or below
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Rockwell Automation
- Published
- August 2025
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