CVE-2024-25029 IBM Personal Communications code execution
Unprivileged users can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on affected IBM Personal Communications installations via a vulnerable Windows service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-25029?
CVE-2024-25029 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in IBM Personal Communications, published on 6 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Personal Communications.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25029?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25029 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-25029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Personal Communications
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gfj-2fgr-3hmh.