CVE-2016-5787
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
General 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.
remediations
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No vendor fix yet; a mitigation is available.
- MitigationCIMPLICITYcisa_csaf_ot
In response to a recent public disclosure of proof-of-concept exploit code, GE has released a notification to its users of the identified vulnerability in an older version of the Proficy HMI/SCADA–CIMPLICITY application, along with the mitigation. GE’s notification is available at the following location: (https://ge-ip.force.com/communities/en_US/Article/GE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-16-01)
https://ge-ip.force.com/communities/en_US/Article/GE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-16-01
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- ICSA-16-194-02GE Proficy HMI SCADA CIMPLICITY Privilege Management Vulnerability2016-04-15icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
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sources
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references (9)
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- https://ge-ip.force.com/communities/en_US/Article/GE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-16-01cnnvd
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-194-02cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91727cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91727enisa_euvd
- https://ge-ip.force.com/communities/en_US/Article/GE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-16-01enisa_euvd
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-194-02enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91727Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://ge-ip.force.com/communities/en_US/Article/GE-Digital-Security-Advisory-GED-16-01Permissions RequiredVendor Advisorynvd
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