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GHSA-WX7Q-6QJX-XWX8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-26 00:00 – Updated: 2022-03-17 00:05

Details

Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in local privilege escalation and code execution. GE maintains exploitation of this vulnerability is only possible if the attacker has login access to a machine actively running CIMPLICITY, the CIMPLICITY server is not already running a project, and the server is licensed for multiple projects.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-23921 (GCVE-0-2022-23921)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-25 18:10 – Updated: 2025-04-16 18:00

Title

ICSA-22-053-01 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-IPM

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

icscert

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-2…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
General Electric	Proficy CIMPLICITY	Affected: all , ≤ 11.1 (custom)

Date Public

2022-02-22 00:00

Credits

Yuval Ardon and Roman Dvorkin of OTORIO reported this vulnerability to CISA

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-WX7Q-6QJX-XWX8

CVE-2022-23921 (GCVE-0-2022-23921)

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