title: IBM Personal Communications code execution
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.
problem types: CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Personal Communications
vendor: IBM
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 15.0.1, status: affected, version: 14.0.6, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
cvssV3_1: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 9
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: CHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
version: 3.1
]
format: CVSS
scenarios: GENERAL