CVE-2008-0176 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the w32rtr.exe component of GE Fanuc CIMPLICITY HMI SCADA systems, specifically affecting versions 7.0 prior to SIM 9 and earlier versions before 6.1 SP6 Hot fix - 010708_162517_6106. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.1_sp6_hf_010708_162517_6106CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ge_fanuc:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 7.0_sim8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ge_fanuc:cimplicity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.