GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0751
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-25 22:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe CIMPLICITY Web-based access component, CimWebServer, does not check the location of shell files being loaded into the system. By modifying the source location, an attacker could send shell code to the CimWebServer which would deploy the nefarious files as part of any SCADA project. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.011740000 probability, percentile 0.787970000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-22 CWE-22


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
2.0[email protected]Secondary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
2.0CNACVSS6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity All sim24 All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity 4.01 All All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity 7.5 All All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity 8.0 All All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity 8.1 All All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity 8.2 All All All
Application Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Process Systems With Cimplicity - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA GE Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY affected 4.01 8.2 custom Not specified
CNA GE Proficy Process Systems With CIMPLICITY affected all versions Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-023-01 [email protected] www.cisa.gov
support.ge-ip.com/support/index af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.ge-ip.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple Generel Electric Products Shell Upload Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
GE Proficy Vulnerabilities | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov
www.securityfocus.com/bid/65124 [email protected] www.securityfocus.com
support.ge-ip.com/support/index [email protected] support.ge-ip.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: amisto0x07 and Z0mb1E of Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: GE has produced an update that mitigates one vulnerability and made configuration changes to mitigate the other. Please reference the following GE Product Security Advisories for specific information on the vulnerabilities. GEIP13-05 To address this vulnerability, all copies of the gefebt.exe files that are accessible from a Web client must be deleted or moved, so they are inaccessible. If the production Web configuration currently relies on gefebt.exe, changes to the server’s Web pages may also be desirable. The GE Product Security Advisory, which provides additional guidance, is available here:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15939 GEIP13-06 Download Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY 8.2 SIM 24 at:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=dwchannel&id=DN4128 The GE Product Security Advisory is available here:  http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15940

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