Buffer overflow in Person Communications (PCOMM) - CVE-2024-25029
Published: April 10, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU88407
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Person Communications (PCOMM)
Person Communications (PCOMM)
Software vendor:
IBM Corporation
IBM Corporation
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.