CVE-2012-2516: ge intelligent_platforms_proficy_batch_execution OS Command Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2516 is a high (CVSS 9.3) OS Command Injection vulnerability in ge intelligent_platforms_proficy_batch_execution. EPSS estimates a 39.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 05-07-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An ActiveX control in KeyHelp.ocx in KeyWorks KeyHelp Module (aka the HTML Help component), as used in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5; Proficy HMI/SCADA iFIX 5.0 and 5.1; Proficy Pulse 1.0; Proficy Batch Execution 5.6; SI7 I/O Driver 7.20 through 7.42; and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input, related to a "command injection vulnerability."

• CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.