CVE-2024-25029: IBM Personal Communications code execution

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM Personal Communications: from 14.0.6 through 15.0.1

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281619
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7147672
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281619
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7147672

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