CVE-2025-7973 — Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE-2025-7973

Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Rockwell Automation / FactoryTalk® ViewPoint	affected Version 14.00 or below

CWE

CWE-268

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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