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CVE-2025-3617

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Rockwell Automation ThinManager.

HIGH 8.5EPSS 0.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 4.0
8.5 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.30% probability · 22th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-276
Affected
rockwellautomation/thinmanager
Source
PSIRT@rockwellautomation.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.