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CVE-2023-4487 (GCVE-0-2023-4487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-05 22:55 – Updated: 2025-01-16 21:30

Title

GE Digital CIMPLICITY Process Control

Summary

GE CIMPLICITY 2023 is by a process control vulnerability, which could allow a local attacker to insert malicious configuration files in the expected web server execution path to escalate privileges and gain full control of the HMI software.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-01-16 21:20 UTC

CWE

CWE-114 - Process Control

Assigner

icscert icscert root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/i…
https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digita…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
GE Digital	CIMPLICITY	Affected: 2023	guessed

Date Public

2023-08-31 17:00

Credits

Michael Heinzl reported this vulnerability to CISA.

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FKIE_CVE-2023-4487

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-09-05 23:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:37

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

References

URL	Tags
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digital-CIMPLICITY-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability	Permissions Required
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-02	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digital-CIMPLICITY-Privilege-Escalation-Vulnerability	Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-23-243-02	Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ge	cimplicity	2023

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GHSA-V7VW-FPCC-2X25

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-06 00:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:29

Details

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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GSD-2023-4487

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20

Details

Aliases

CVE-2023-4487

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CVE-2023-4487

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ICSA-23-243-02

Vulnerability from csaf_cisa - Published: 2023-08-31 06:00 - Updated: 2023-08-31 06:00

Summary

GE Digital CIMPLICITY

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2023-4487.

CVE-2023-4487

7.8 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Known affected: 1 product

https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/CIMPLICITY-2023-SIM… https://digitalsupport.ge.com/s/article/GE-Digital-CIMPLICI…

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