CVE-2008-2926 describes a vulnerability in the kmxfw.sys driver of CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8, as well as CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall. This flaw allows local users to trigger a denial of service (system crash) or potentially gain elevated privileges by sending crafted IOCTL requests due to improper verification. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it is considered high severity, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:internet_security_suite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:host_based_intrusion_prevention_system:r8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:internet_security_suite_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:personal_firewall_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:personal_firewall_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.