Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-6992

Title: Ge Cimplicity Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-6992.

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date Apr 15, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.7 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-6992: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
ge_fanuc 1
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ge 1

Reference Links

https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02 https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-098-02
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-6992 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.