CVE-2023-37410

HIGH

IBM Personal Communications <15.0.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

IBM Personal Communications 14.05, 14.06, and 15.0.0 could allow a local user to escalate their privileges to the SYSTEM user due to overly permissive access controls. IBM X-Force ID: 260138.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7031707

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/260138

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 6.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

Status published

Products (3)

ibm/person_communications 14.0.5

ibm/person_communications 14.0.6

ibm/person_communications 15.0.0

Published Sep 20, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026