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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Sharon Brizinov"
        ],
        "organization": "Claroty",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to GE Digital"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
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    "lang": "en-US",
    "notes": [
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "This CSAF advisory was extracted from unstructured data and may contain inaccuracies. If you notice any errors, please reach out to the designated contact at CISA CSAF: central@cisa.dhs.gov",
        "title": "CISA Disclaimer"
      },
      {
        "category": "legal_disclaimer",
        "text": "All information products included in https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics are provided \"as is\" for informational purposes only. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not provide any warranties of any kind regarding any information contained within. DHS does not endorse any commercial product or service, referenced in this product or otherwise. Further dissemination of this product is governed by the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) marking in the header. For more information about TLP, see https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/.",
        "title": "Legal Notice"
      },
      {
        "category": "summary",
        "text": "Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an adversary to modify the systemwide CIMPLICITY configuration, leading to the arbitrary execution of code.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Chemical, Critical Manufacturing, Energy, Food and Agriculture, Water",
        "title": "Critical infrastructure sectors"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Worldwide",
        "title": "Countries/areas deployed"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "United States",
        "title": "Company headquarters location"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA recommends users take defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability. Specifically, users should:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA reminds organizations to perform proper impact analysis and risk assessment prior to deploying defensive measures.\nCISA also provides a section for control systems security recommended practices on the ICS webpage onus-cert.gov. Several recommended practices are available for reading and download, including Improving Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity with Defense-in-Depth Strategies.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "Additional mitigation guidance and recommended practices are publicly available on the ICS webpage on us-cert.gov in the Technical Information Paper, ICS-TIP-12-146-01B--Targeted Cyber Intrusion Detection and Mitigation Strategies.\nOrganizations observing any suspected malicious activity should follow their established internal procedures and report their findings to CISA for tracking and correlation against other incidents.",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "general",
        "text": "CISA also recommends users take the following measures to protect themselves from social engineering attacks:",
        "title": "Recommended Practices"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely.",
        "title": "Exploitability"
      }
    ],
    "publisher": {
      "category": "coordinator",
      "contact_details": "Email: CISAservicedesk@cisa.dhs.gov;\n Toll Free: 1-888-282-0870",
      "name": "CISA",
      "namespace": "https://www.cisa.gov/"
    },
    "references": [
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-20-098-02 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2020/icsa-20-098-02.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-20-098-02 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-20-098-02"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-014"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "GE Digital CIMPLICITY",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2020-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z",
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      "id": "ICSA-20-098-02",
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      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2020-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-20-098-02 GE Digital CIMPLICITY"
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003c= 10.0",
                "product": {
                  "name": "GE Digital CIMPLICITY: v10.0 and prior are affected by this vulnerability",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
              }
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            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "GE Digital CIMPLICITY"
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        "name": "General Electric (GE)"
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      "cve": "CVE-2020-6992",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-269",
        "name": "Improper Privilege Management"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the GE Digital CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA product. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an adversary to modify the system, leading to the arbitrary execution of code. This vulnerability is only exploitable if an attacker has access to an authenticated session.CVE-2020-6992 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 6.0 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
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      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-6992"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "vendor_fix",
          "details": "GE Digital CIMPLICITY v11.0, released January 2020, contains mitigation for this local privilege escalation vulnerability. GE Digital recommends all users upgrade to GE CIMPLICITY v11.0 or newer. Other recommendations may mitigate issues, but only installing the most current version will fully address the issue. To obtain the latest version of this product, please contact a GE Digital representative.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/CC_Contact"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Digital provides guidance for users to secure systems, and advises that users running CIMPLICITY adhere to the Secure Deployment Guide found on GE Digital\u0027s customer center (requires logon).",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/en_US/Documentation/CIMPLICITY-Secure-Deployment-Guide2"
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H",
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        }
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