CVE-2019-18255
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide...
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through section objects. This may allow privilege escalation.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through section objects. This may allow privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2019-18255- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through section objects. This may allow privilege escalation.
- Record
CVE-2019-18255- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8053 No score
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through section objects. This may allow privilege escalation.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8053- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xxwh-m96h-p4c6 No score
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide...
HMI/SCADA iFIX (Versions 6.1 and prior) allows a local authenticated user to modify system-wide iFIX configurations through section objects. This may allow privilege escalation.
- Record
GHSA-xxwh-m96h-p4c6- Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-18255 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Ge Ifix, published February 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.