CVE-2016-5787

Summary

CVECVE-2016-5787
StatePUBLISHED
Assignericscert
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-15 16:59:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGeneral Electric (GE) Digital Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY before 8.2 SIM 27 mishandles service DACLs, which allows local users to modify a service configuration via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-668 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary6.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ge Cimplicity All All All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim1 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim10 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim11 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim12 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim13 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim14 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim15 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim16 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim17 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim18 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim19 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim2 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim20 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim21 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim22 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim23 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim24 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim25 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim26 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim3 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim4 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim5 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim6 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim7 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim8 All All
Application Ge Cimplicity 8.2 sim9 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GE Proficy HMI SCADA CIMPLICITY Privilege Management Vulnerability | ICS-CERT af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ics-cert.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
GE Proficy HMI SCADA CIMPLICITY CVE-2016-5787 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GE Digital Security Advisory GED 16-01 ka21A0000008oUoQAI | GE Customer Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ge-ip.force.com Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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