CVE-2025-7973 – Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk ViewPoint Privilege Escalation

CVE ID : CVE-2025-7973

Published : Aug. 14, 2025, 2:15 p.m. | 21 minutes ago

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.

Severity: 0.0 | NA

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