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CVE-2012-2516

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 39.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2012-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

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."

Affected products

• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution: 5.6
• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Historian: 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5
• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi/Scada Ifix: 5.0, 5.1
• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Pulse: 1.0
• GE Intelligent Platforms Si7 I/O Driver: 7.20, 7.42

References

• http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdf
• http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdf
• http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdf

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