EIP-2026-117229

PRE-CVE

GE Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-117229. PoCs published by Zhou Yu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a service configuration vulnerability in GE Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2 to escalate privileges locally by modifying the binPath of the CimProxy service to execute arbitrary code (evil.exe) with LocalSystem privileges.

Description

GE Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2 - Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Zhou Yu · c++localwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40069

This exploit leverages a service configuration vulnerability in GE Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2 to escalate privileges locally by modifying the binPath of the CimProxy service to execute arbitrary code (evil.exe) with LocalSystem privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: GE Proficy HMI/SCADA CIMPLICITY 8.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: evil.exe in the same directory as the exploit · CimProxy service installed and running
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026