CVE-2006-6952

Computer Associates Personal Firewall 9.0 - HIPS Driver 'kmxfw.sys' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Los controladores del Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) (1) Core kmxstart.sys 6.5.4.31 y (2) Firewall kmxfw.sys 6.5.4.10 permite a usuarios locales la obtención de privilegios mediante el uso de ciertos IOCTLs confidenciales para modificar los punteros a las llamadas a funciones.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-11-16 First Exploit
2007-01-24 CVE Reserved
2007-01-24 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.osvdb.org/30497	Vdb Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/30498	Vdb Entry
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=38	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451952/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452286/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458040/100/200/threaded	Mailing List
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=97729	X_refsource_confirm
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34818	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29069	2006-11-16
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29070	2006-11-16
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21140	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22972	2018-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ca Search vendor "Ca"		Host-based Intrusion Prevention System Search vendor "Ca" for product "Host-based Intrusion Prevention System"				core_6.5.4.31 Search vendor "Ca" for product "Host-based Intrusion Prevention System" and version "core_6.5.4.31"		-		Affected
Ca Search vendor "Ca"		Host-based Intrusion Prevention System Search vendor "Ca" for product "Host-based Intrusion Prevention System"				firewall_6.5.4.10 Search vendor "Ca" for product "Host-based Intrusion Prevention System" and version "firewall_6.5.4.10"		-		Affected