What is CVE-2020-6992?

CVE-2020-6992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Cimplicity, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-6992?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-6992 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Ge Cimplicity

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 executi…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (31.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ge Cimplicity
N/a Ge Digital Cimplicity — versions v10.0 and prior

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6992?: CVE-2020-6992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ge Cimplicity, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2020-04-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-6992?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-6992 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.