GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, allows a non-administrative user to place malicious files within the installer file directo…

published 2019-05-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-16123

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

GE Communicator, all versions prior to 4.0.517, allows a non-administrative user to place malicious files within the installer file directory, which may allow an attacker to gain administrative privileges on a system during installation or upgrade.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

ge ge_communicator 4.0.517

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-19-122-02 updated 2019-05-02 cvss 7.8

GE Communicator

General Electric (GE) Communicator Application < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator Installer < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator MeterManager < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator PostGreSQL < 4.0.517 General Electric (GE) Communicator WISE Uninstaller < 4.0.517
affected: mitigation “GE recommends users upgrade to GE Communicator version 4.0.517 or newer, which can be downloaded from the following link:” gegridsolutions.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

n/a GE Communicator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSA-19-122-02
mitigation, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6564
NVD CVE-2019-6564

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Summary