CVE-2006-6952

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-01-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) drivers (1) Core kmxstart.sys 6.5.4.31 and (2) Firewall kmxfw.sys 6.5.4.10 allow local users to gain privileges by using certain privileged IOCTLs to modify callback function pointers.

Affected products

Ca Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System: core_6.5.4.31, firewall_6.5.4.10

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22972
http://www.osvdb.org/30497
http://www.osvdb.org/30498
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=38
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451952/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452286/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458040/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21140
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=97729
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34818
http://secunia.com/advisories/22972
http://www.osvdb.org/30497

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