CVE-2025-65117 (GCVE-0-2025-65117)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-16 00:14
Modified
2026-01-16 14:53
Severity ?
7.4 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
8.5 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
Summary
The vulnerability, if exploited, could allow an authenticated miscreant
(Process Optimization Designer User) to embed OLE objects into graphics,
and escalate their privileges to the identity of a victim user who
subsequently interacts with the graphical elements.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVEVA | Process Optimization |
Version: 0 < |
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