CVE-2014-0751 (GCVE-0-2014-0751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-25 22:00 – Updated: 2025-08-22 22:51
VLAI
Title
GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal
Summary
The CIMPLICITY Web-based access component, CimWebServer, does not check the location of shell files being loaded into the system. By modifying the source location, an attacker could send shell code to the CimWebServer which would deploy the nefarious files as part of any SCADA project. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA under the icscert root
CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 343 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GE Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY Affected: 4.01 , < 8.2 (custom)
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GE Proficy Process Systems with CIMPLICITY Affected: all versions
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Date Public
2014-01-24 07:00
Credits
amisto0x07 and Z0mb1E of Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
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