VDB-89479 · CVE-2016-5787 · BID 91727

General Electric Digital Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY up to 8.1 Service DACL access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in General Electric Digital Proficy HMI and SCADA CIMPLICITY up to 8.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Service DACL Handler. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5787. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in General Electric Digital Proficy HMI and SCADA CIMPLICITY up to 8.1 (SCADA Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Service DACL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 07/15/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ics-cert.us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5787 since 06/23/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.2 SIM 27 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 91727†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Digital Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2 SIM 27

Timelineinfo

06/23/2016 🔍
07/12/2016 +19 days 🔍
07/15/2016 +3 days 🔍
07/15/2016 +0 days 🔍
07/16/2016 +1 days 🔍
02/27/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ics-cert.us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5787 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5787
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89479
SecurityFocus: 91727 - GE Proficy HMI SCADA CIMPLICITY CVE-2016-5787 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/16/2016 10:34
Updated: 02/27/2019 13:11
Changes: 07/16/2016 10:34 (51), 02/27/2019 13:11 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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