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GSD-2023-4487

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

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GE CIMPLICITY 2023 is by a process control vulnerability, which could allow a local attacker to insert malicious configuration files in the expected web server execution path to escalate privileges and gain full control of the HMI software.

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CVE-2023-4487

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CVE-2023-4487

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CVE-2023-4487 (GCVE-0-2023-4487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-05 22:55 – Updated: 2025-01-16 21:30

Title

GE Digital CIMPLICITY Process Control

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-16 21:20 UTC

CWE

CWE-114 - Process Control

Assigner

icscert CNA under the icscert root

CNA scorecard B 75/100 over 349 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
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https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digita…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GE Digital	CIMPLICITY	Affected: 2023

Date Public

2023-08-31 17:00

Credits

Michael Heinzl reported this vulnerability to CISA.

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