CVE-2019-25276

HIGH

Studio 5000 Logix Designer 30.01.00 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-25276. PoCs published by Luis Martínez.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Activation Service. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that the service resolves due to unquoted spaces.

Description

Studio 5000 Logix Designer 30.01.00 contains an unquoted service path vulnerability in the FactoryTalk Activation Service that allows local users to potentially execute code with elevated privileges. Attackers can exploit the unquoted path in C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockwell Software\FactoryTalk Activation\ to inject malicious code that would execute with LocalSystem permissions.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Luis Martínez · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47676

This is a writeup describing an unquoted service path vulnerability in Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk Activation Service. The vulnerability could allow local privilege escalation if an attacker can place an executable in a path that the service resolves due to unquoted spaces.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Studio 5000 Logix Designer 30.01.00
Auth required
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to write to a directory in the unquoted path
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-428
Status published
Products (1)
Rockwellautomation/Studio 5000
Published Feb 05, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026