CVE-2025-7973 Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Attackers can hijack MSI repair operations to spawn an elevated command prompt, achieving full privilege escalation on FactoryTalk ViewPoint systems.
- 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-2025-7973?
CVE-2025-7973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk® ViewPoint, published on 14 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-268
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7973?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-7973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r35r-4x8r-v472.