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CVE-2020-6992

Published: Apr 15, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDU csafCWE-269
NVD MITRE
6.7CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

GE Digital CIMPLICITYn/a
Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITYGeneral Electric Company
On-prem
ICS / OT / IoT / industrial-network
cimplicitygeICS / OT / IoT
general electric companycommercialUSICS / OT / IoTaka proficy historian, inet, digital industrial gateway server
gecommercialUSICS / OT / IoTaka ge intelligent platforms

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02
us-cert.gov
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02
us-cert.gov
https://www.ge.com/content/dam/cyber_security/global/en_US/pdfs/2021-03-08%20ICS%20Advisory%20(ICSA-20-098-02)%20for%20CIMPLICITY.pdf
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Timeline

Published
Apr 15, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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