CVE-2006-6952

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6952
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-01-24 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionComputer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ca Host-based Intrusion Prevention System core_6.5.4.31 All All All
Application Ca Host-based Intrusion Prevention System firewall_6.5.4.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
401 Unauthorized af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.reversemode.com
CA Personal Firewall HIPS engine multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www3.ca.com
www.osvdb.org/30498 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Computer Associates Multiple Products Drivers Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulenrabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
www.osvdb.org/30497 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CA Personal Firewall Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - CA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www3.ca.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CA Personal Firewall HIPS Drivers Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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