CVE-2014-0751
GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
The CIMPLICITY Web-based access component, CimWebServer, does not check the location of shell files being loaded into the system. By modifying the source location, an attacker could send shell code to the CimWebServer which would deploy the nefarious files as part of any SCADA project. This could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
GE · Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY
- affected 4.01 – < 8.2
GE · Proficy Process Systems with CIMPLICITY
- affected all versions
What to do
Solution: GE has produced an update that mitigates one vulnerability and made configuration changes to mitigate the other. Please reference the following GE Product Security Advisories for specific information on the vulnerabilities. GEIP13-05 To address this vulnerability, all copies of the gefebt.exe files that are accessible from a Web client must be deleted or moved, so they are inaccessible. If the production Web configuration currently relies on gefebt.exe, changes to the server’s Web pages may also be desirable. The GE Product Security Advisory, which provides additional guidance, is available here: http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15939 GEIP13-06 Download Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY 8.2 SIM 24 at: http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=dwchannel&id=DN4128 The GE Product Security Advisory is available here: http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15940
References (6)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-023-01 (opens in a new tab)
- http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15939 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 65124 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-023-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15940 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 65117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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