What is CVE-2016-5787?

CVE-2016-5787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Cimplicity, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2016-07-15.

How severe is CVE-2016-5787?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ge Cimplicity

CVE-2016-5787

General Electric (GE) Digital Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY before 8.2 SIM 27 mishandles service DACLs, which allows local users to modify a service configuration via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.002 (38.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Ge Cimplicity — versions 8.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM)
91727 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5787?: CVE-2016-5787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Cimplicity, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2016-07-15.
How severe is CVE-2016-5787?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.