Cognex In-Sight 2000 up to 6.5.1 on Windows default permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1 on Windows. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes default permission. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-53947. The attack requires local access. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Cognex In-Sight 2000, In-Sight 7000, In-Sight 8000, In-Sight 9000 and In-Sight Explorer up to 6.5.1 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a default permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-276. During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A local attacker with low privileges on the Windows system where the software is installed can exploit this vulnerability to corrupt sensitive data. A data folder is created with very weak privileges, allowing any user logged into the Windows system to modify its content.

The weakness was presented by Diego Giubertoni as icsa-25-261-06. The advisory is shared at cisa.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-53947 since 08/06/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Default permission
CWE: CWE-276 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

08/06/2025 CVE reserved
09/19/2025 +44 days Advisory disclosed
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: icsa-25-261-06
Researcher: Diego Giubertoni
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-53947 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53947
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-324973

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2025 07:42
Changes: 09/19/2025 07:42 (76)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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