Buffer overflow in Person Communications (PCOMM) - CVE-2024-25029

 

Buffer overflow in Person Communications (PCOMM) - CVE-2024-25029

Published: April 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88407
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25029
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM Corporation
Affected software:
Person Communications (PCOMM)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to IBM Personal Communications includes a Windows service that is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) and local privilege escalation (LPE). A remote attacker with network access to a target computer to run commands with full privileges in the context of NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM, move laterally to affected systems and escalate privileges.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-25029

Install updates from vendor's website.

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