Buffer overflow in IBM Personal Communications
CVE-2024-25029
IBM Personal Communications 14.0.6 through 15.0.1 includes a Windows service that is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE). The vulnerability allows any unprivileged user with network access to a target computer to run commands with full privileges in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This allows for a low privileged attacker to move laterally to affected systems and to escalate their privileges. IBM X-Force ID: 281619.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- IBM Personal Communications — versions 14.0.6
- IBM Personal Communications
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7147672 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281619 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-25029?
- CVE-2024-25029 is a critical-severity vulnerability in IBM Personal Communications, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2024-04-06.
- How severe is CVE-2024-25029?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.