GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/scada Cimplicity CimWebServer.exe numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi and scada Cimplicity up to 8.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file CimWebServer.exe. This manipulation causes numeric error. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4689. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi and scada Cimplicity up to 8.0 (SCADA Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file CimWebServer.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in CimWebServer.exe in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY 4.01 through 8.0, and Proficy Process Systems with CIMPLICITY, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed HTTP request.

The weakness was released 01/17/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4689 since 08/28/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/28/2012 🔍
01/17/2013 +142 days 🔍
01/17/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +796 days 🔍
02/06/2018 +1050 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ge.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-4689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63361

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/06/2018 07:31
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (41), 02/06/2018 07:31 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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