Is CVE-2016-5787 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5787 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5787?

CVE-2016-5787 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5787?

CVE-2016-5787 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5787?

Upgrade cimplicity to 8.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5787

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

General Electric (GE) Digital Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY before 8.2 SIM 27 mishandles service DACLs, which allows local users to modify a service configuration via unspecified vectors.

CWE-668

How to fix

Remediation Available

cimplicityNVD

Affected:< 8.2Fixed in:8.2CVE-2016-5787derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

ge-ip.force.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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CVE-2022-39952	Critical	9.8	100%	-	Fix
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CVE-2017-16603	High	8.8	54%	-	-
CVE-2024-25153	Critical	9.8	42%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-0215	Medium	5.3	36%	-	-
CVE-2022-25236	Critical	9.8	34%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.