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CVE-2025-7973 is a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk ViewPoint, versions 14.00 and earlier. The flaw allows an attacker with local access to escalate privileges to SYSTEM by abusing Windows MSI repair behavior combined with Windows Script Host usage. It carries a CVSS v4 base score of 8.5. Rockwell and U.S. cyber authorities recommend updating to FactoryTalk ViewPoint 15.00 or later and applying vendor mitigations immediately. The vulnerability is particularly concerning for critical manufacturing and industrial control environments where FactoryTalk ViewPoint is used as a thin-client and web/HMI visualization component.
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    CVE-2025-7973: Privilege Escalation in FactoryTalk ViewPoint 14.x

    A critical local privilege‑escalation flaw has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk ViewPoint (versions 14.00 and prior) that allows an attacker with local access to escalate to SYSTEM by abusing Windows MSI repair behavior — the issue is tracked as CVE‑2025‑7973 and has been...
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    CVE-2025-7973: Privilege Escalation in Rockwell FactoryTalk ViewPoint

    A high-severity privilege-escalation flaw has been disclosed in Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk ViewPoint that allows a local attacker to escalate to SYSTEM privileges by abusing Windows MSI repair behavior; the issue (CVE-2025-7973) carries a CVSS v4 base score of 8.5 and affects FactoryTalk...
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