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CVE-2023-37410: IBM Personal Communications privilege escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-20 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

IBM Personal Communications 14.05, 14.06, and 15.0.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user due to overly permissive access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 260138.

Affected products

• IBM Person Communications: 14.0.5, 14.0.6, 15.0.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260138
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031707
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260138
• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031707

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