CVE-2006-6952

high

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.

References

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34818

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=97729

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458040/100/200/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452286/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451952/100/0/threaded

http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=38

http://www.osvdb.org/30498

http://www.osvdb.org/30497

http://secunia.com/advisories/22972

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H