CVE-2023-4487 (GCVE-0-2023-4487)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-05 22:55 – Updated: 2025-01-16 21:30
VLAI?
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)
CWE
- CWE-114 - Process Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Digital | CIMPLICITY |
Affected:
2023
|
Credits
Michael Heinzl reported this vulnerability to CISA.
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Nomenclature
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