GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian prior 4.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-1918. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Data Archiver service in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian before 3.5 SIM 17 and 4.x before 4.0 SIM 12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted TCP message traffic.

The weakness was published 11/02/2011 with Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-1918 since 05/09/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/12/2025).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119722 (GE Proficy Historian Data Archiver Service Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (GEIP11-01)).

Upgrading to version 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11646.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71115), SecurityFocus (BID 50475†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33829†). Similar entry is available at VDB-59306. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 4.0
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Timelineinfo

05/09/2011 🔍
11/01/2011 +176 days 🔍
11/02/2011 +1 days 🔍
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11/14/2011 +12 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1225 days 🔍
01/12/2025 +3583 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ge.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-1918 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1918
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59305
X-Force: 71115
SecurityFocus: 50475 - GE Proficy Historian Data Archiver Service Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 33829 - GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 4.0 and prior Remote Stack-Based Buffer Overflow, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/12/2025 23:56
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (50), 04/05/2017 09:03 (10), 01/12/2025 23:56 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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