CVE-2025-1095 IBM Personal Communications command execution

High 8.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges to SYSTEM via a vulnerable Windows service in IBM Personal Communications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-1095?

CVE-2025-1095 is a high-severity vulnerability in IBM Personal Communications, published on 8 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Personal Communications v14 and v15 include a Windows service that is vulnerable to local privilege escalation (LPE). The vulnerability allows any interactively logged in users on the target computer to run commands with full privileges in the context of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. This allows for a low privileged attacker to escalate their privileges. This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-25029.

Weakness: CWE-420

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1095?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Personal Communications.

How do I fix CVE-2025-1095?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1095 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-1095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w9x5-m47g-3gx6.

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