CVE-2009-2740 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) 8.1, specifically affecting the kmxIds.sys driver prior to version 7.3.1.18. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a malformed packet, leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, though its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.