# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2gfj-2fgr-3hmh

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25029?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2012-0201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0201/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-1095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1095/): IBM Personal Communications command execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-0321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-0321/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-25029 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBM Personal Communications. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25029/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25029/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25029
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25029
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25029

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25029/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.