FKIE_CVE-2022-23921

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-02-25 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:30
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ge proficy_cimplicitiy *
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          "product": "Proficy CIMPLICITY",
          "vendor": "General Electric",
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    },
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      "value": "Una explotaci\u00f3n de esta vulnerabilidad puede resultar en una escalada local de privilegios y una ejecuci\u00f3n de c\u00f3digo. GE mantiene que la explotaci\u00f3n de esta vulnerabilidad s\u00f3lo es posible si el atacante presenta acceso a una m\u00e1quina que ejecuta activamente CIMPLICITY, el servidor de CIMPLICITY no est\u00e1 ejecutando ya un proyecto, y el servidor presenta licencia para m\u00faltiples proyectos.\n"
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:30:59.217",
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