CVE-2025-0327 Privilege escalation in EcoStruxure Process Expert
An attacker with standard privileges can escalate privileges by modifying Windows service executable paths, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-0327?
CVE-2025-0327 is a high-severity vulnerability in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Process Expert, published on 13 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists for two services (of which one managing audit trail data and the other acting as server managing client request) that could cause a loss of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of engineering workstation when an attacker with standard privilege modifies the executable path of the windows services. To be exploited, services need to be restarted.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0327?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0327?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0327 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-0327 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0327 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4v4v-fcfx-x6mg.