IBM Personal Communications command execution
Priority LOW 39CWE-420Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00147 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | Personal Communications | v14; v15 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Personal Communications VendorIBM Affected v14; v15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:personal_communications:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 14.0.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:a:ibm:personal_communications:15.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.0.0 | Vulnerable | IBM |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:personal_communications:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:a:ibm:personal_communications:15.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0.0 Vulnerable ·IBM
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-1095
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w9x5-m47g-3gx6
References
More IBM Personal Communications vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-00194 Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2024-16510 IBM Personal Communications code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2016-00285 IBM Personal Communications (aka PCOMM) 6.x before 6.0.17 and 12.x before 12.0.0.1 does… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-1095 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-1095 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w9x5-m47g-3gx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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