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 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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ge Cimplicity
- Ge Digital Cimplicity — versions v10.0 and prior
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
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.