CVE-2020-6992: ge cimplicity Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-6992 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in ge cimplicity. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 15-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the GE Digital CIMPLICITY HMI/SCADA product v10.0 and prior. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow an adversary to modify the system, leading to the arbitrary execution of code. This vulnerability is only exploitable if an attacker has access to an authenticated session. GE Digital CIMPLICITY v11.0, released January 2020, contains mitigation for this local privilege escalation vulnerability. GE Digital recommends all users upgrade to GE CIMPLICITY v11.0 or newer.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
32%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ge1 product
- cimplicity≤ 10.0
1 vendor · 1 product
References
1 links- www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02X Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource