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CVE-2014-0751: GE Proficy HMI/SCADA Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-01-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Hmi%2Fscada Cimplicity: through 8.2
• GE CIMPLICITY: 4.01, 7.5, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
• GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy Process Systems With Cimplicity: all versions

References

• http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15939
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65124
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-14-023-01
• http://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-14-023-01
• http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15940
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65117

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