CVE-2012-2516
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;…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 39.71% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 11 October 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- ge/intelligent platforms proficy batch execution · ge/intelligent platforms proficy historian · ge/intelligent platforms proficy hmi\/scada ifix · ge/intelligent platforms proficy pulse · ge/intelligent platforms si7 i\/o driver
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 39.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdfUS Government Resource
- http://support.ge-ip.com/support/resources/sites/GE_FANUC_SUPPORT/content/live/KB/14000/KB14863/en_US/GEIP12-04%20Security%20Advisory%20-%20Proficy%20HTML%20Help.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-131-02.pdfUS Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.