CVE-2025-3617 Local Privilege Escalation in ThinManager®
A local attacker can gain elevated privileges by exploiting insecure temporary file deletion during ThinManager startup.
- 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-2025-3617?
CVE-2025-3617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation ThinManager®, published on 15 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation ThinManager. When the software starts up, files are deleted in the temporary folder causing the Access Control Entry of the directory to inherit permissions from the parent directory. If exploited, a threat actor could inherit elevated privileges.
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3617?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Rockwellautomation Thinmanager.
How do I fix CVE-2025-3617?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-3617 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3617 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation ThinManager®
- CVE-2023-27855 Rockwell Automation ThinManager ThinServer Path Traversal Upload
- CVE-2024-10386 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager Authentication Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-5988 Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-5989 Rockwell Automation ThinManager® ThinServer™ Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2024-10387 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk ThinManager Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x29x-qf6c-w9cj.