Advisory Details

July 26th, 2013

GE Proficy CIMPLICITY CimWebServer Broadcase/Init Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2013-2785
CVSS SCORE	7.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	GE
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Proficy CIMPLICITY
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of GE Proficy CIMPLICITY. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the CimWebServer component. This component performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data passed in the szOptions field which results in stack corruption. An attacker can leverage this situation to execute code under the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	GE has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://support.ge-ip.com/support/index?page=kbchannel&id=KB15602
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2013-02-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2013-07-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	ZombiE and amisto0x07

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