Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 24, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6952
CVE-2006-6952
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:core_6.5.4.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:core_6.5.4.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ca:host-based_intrusion_prevention_system:firewall_6.5.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: kmxstart.sys 6.5.4.31, kmxfw.sys 6.5.4.10
Patches
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References
10- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21140nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/22972nvdVendor Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/30497nvd
- www.osvdb.org/30498nvd
- www.reversemode.com/index.phpnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451952/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452286/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458040/100/200/threadednvd
- www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspxnvd
- www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspxnvd
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