CVE-2020-6992

A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the GE Digital CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA product v10.0 and prior. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an adversary to modify the system, leading to the arbitrary execution of code. This vulnerability is only exploitable if an attacker has access to an authenticated session. GE Digital CIMPLICITY v11.0, released January 2020, contains mitigation for this local privilege escalation vulnerability. GE Digital recommends all users upgrade to GE CIMPLICITY v11.0 or newer.

CVSS v3 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

6.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ge:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-04-15 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-6992

Mitre link : CVE-2020-6992

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-6992

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ge

cimplicity

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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