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CVE-2012-0201

Stack-based buffer overflow in pcspref.dll in pcsws.exe in IBM Personal Communications 5.9.x before 5.9.8 and 6.0.x before 6.0.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long profile string in a WorkStation (aka .ws) file.

Published:Mar 2, 2012

Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025

EPS:Mar 2, 2012

EPSS Score:0.76345

CVSS Score:9.3

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Ibm

Product

Personal Communications

Ibm

Personal Communications

Exploits

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables

CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers

CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation

CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion

CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File

CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links

CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags

CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call

CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

Related CVEs

CVE-2025-1095 (CVSS 8.8) — IBM Personal Communications v14 and v15 include a Windows service that is vulnerable to local privilege escala…

CVE-2024-25029 (CVSS 9) — IBM Personal Communications 14.0.6 through 15.0.1 includes a Windows service that is vulnerable to remote code…

CVE-2016-0321 (CVSS 6.2) — IBM Personal Communications (aka PCOMM) 6.x before 6.0.17 and 12.x before 12.0.0.1 does not properly restrict …

References

http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/

http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws

http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127

http://dev.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws.rb

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC81539

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586166

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18539/

http://www.metasploit.com/modules/exploit/windows/fileformat/ibm_pcm_ws

http://www.stratsec.net/Research/Advisories/IBM-Personal-Communications-I-Series-Access-WorkSt

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73127

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Attack Vector

Network

Adjacent

Local

Physical

Privileges Required

None

Low

High

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Low

High

Integrity

None

Low

High

Availability

None

Low

High