Privilege escalation in Ge Proficy Cimplicitiy
CVE-2022-23921
Exploitation of this vulnerability may result in local privilege escalation and code execution. GE maintains exploitation of this vulnerability is only possible if the attacker has login access to a machine actively running CIMPLICITY, the CIMPLICITY server is not already running a project, and the server is licensed for multiple projects.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ge Proficy Cimplicitiy
- General Electric Proficy Cimplicity — versions all
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-23921?
- CVE-2022-23921 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ge Proficy Cimplicitiy, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-02-25.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23921?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.