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  "document": {
    "acknowledgments": [
      {
        "names": [
          "Yuval Ardon",
          "Roman Dvorkin"
        ],
        "organization": "OTORIO",
        "summary": "reporting this vulnerability to CISA"
      }
    ],
    "category": "csaf_security_advisory",
    "csaf_version": "2.0",
    "distribution": {
      "text": "Disclosure is not limited",
      "tlp": {
        "label": "WHITE",
        "url": "https://us-cert.cisa.gov/tlp/"
      }
    },
    "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 attacker to achieve both code execution and local privilege escalation.",
        "title": "Risk evaluation"
      },
      {
        "category": "other",
        "text": "Multiple Sectors",
        "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 on cisa.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 cisa.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": "other",
        "text": "No known public exploits specifically target this vulnerability. This vulnerability is not exploitable remotely. This vulnerability has a high attack complexity.",
        "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-22-053-01 JSON",
        "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2022/icsa-22-053-01.json"
      },
      {
        "category": "self",
        "summary": "ICS Advisory ICSA-22-053-01 Web Version",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-22-053-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/alerts/ICS-ALERT-10-301-01"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/recommended_practices/NCCIC_ICS-CERT_Defense_in_Depth_2016_S508C.pdf"
      },
      {
        "category": "external",
        "summary": "Recommended Practices",
        "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/tips/ICS-TIP-12-146-01B"
      }
    ],
    "title": "GE Proficy CIMPLICITY-IPM",
    "tracking": {
      "current_release_date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "generator": {
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          "name": "CISA CSAF Generator",
          "version": "1.0.0"
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      "id": "ICSA-22-053-01",
      "initial_release_date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
      "revision_history": [
        {
          "date": "2022-02-22T00:00:00.000000Z",
          "legacy_version": "Initial",
          "number": "1",
          "summary": "ICSA-22-053-01 GE Digital Proficy CIMPLICITY-IPM"
        }
      ],
      "status": "final",
      "version": "1"
    }
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              {
                "category": "product_version_range",
                "name": "\u003c= 11.1",
                "product": {
                  "name": "Proficy CIMPLICITIY: v11.1 and prior versions",
                  "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001"
                }
              }
            ],
            "category": "product_name",
            "name": "Proficy CIMPLICITIY"
          }
        ],
        "category": "vendor",
        "name": "General Electric (GE)"
      }
    ]
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    {
      "cve": "CVE-2022-23921",
      "cwe": {
        "id": "CWE-269",
        "name": "Improper Privilege Management"
      },
      "notes": [
        {
          "category": "summary",
          "text": "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.CVE-2022-23921 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
          "title": "Vulnerability Summary"
        }
      ],
      "product_status": {
        "known_affected": [
          "CSAFPID-0001"
        ]
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "web.nvd.nist.gov",
          "url": "http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-23921"
        },
        {
          "category": "external",
          "summary": "www.first.org",
          "url": "https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0#CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "remediations": [
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "GE Digital recommends users upgrade all instances of the affected software to GE Digital\u0027s Proficy CIMPLICITY, released January 2022 (Upgrade) and follow the instructions in the Secure Deployment Guide to restrict which CIMPLICITY projects are allowed to run.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/cc_login?startURL=%2Fen_US%2FDocumentation%2FiFIX-Secure-Deployment-Guide"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "The upgrade contains what GE believes are mitigation measures to help ensure the vulnerability cannot be exploited.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "Users are encouraged to contact a GE Digital representative for the latest versions of the update.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/CC_Contact"
        },
        {
          "category": "mitigation",
          "details": "For users who choose to not implement the upgrade, GE Digital recommends applying the instructions in CIMPLICITY\u0027s Secure Deployment Guide to ensure access to the CIMPLICITY machines and directories are properly controlled via access control limits.",
          "product_ids": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ],
          "url": "https://digitalsupport.ge.com/communities/cc_login?startURL=%2Fen_US%2FDocumentation%2FiFIX-Secure-Deployment-Guide"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "cvss_v3": {
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "products": [
            "CSAFPID-0001"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}