Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2022 · Assigned by icscert
CVE-2022-23921ICSA-22-053-01 GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-IPM
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Proficy CIMPLICITY from General Electric. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| General Electric | Proficy CIMPLICITY | all – through 11.1 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-01 x_refsource_MISC