CVE-2006-6952 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) drivers, specifically kmxstart.sys and kmxfw.sys. An attacker can exploit this by using privileged IOCTLs to modify callback function pointers, gaining elevated system access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
core_6.5.4.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:core_6.5.4.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
firewall_6.5.4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:firewall_6.5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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