THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-2516
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2516

Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
39.7%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Ge
Affected product
Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2012-07-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 39.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2516

  • Confirm whether Ge Intelligent Platforms Proficy Batch Execution is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2516.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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