GE Proficy CIMPLICITY CimWebServer Password Decode Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

July 26th, 2013
ZDI-13-180 ZDI-CAN-1621

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2785

CVSS Score

6.8 AV:N/AC:M/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 szPassword 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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