PT-2007-1232 · Computer Associates · Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (Hips) Drivers

Published 2007-01-24 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2006-6952

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) drivers version 6.5.4.31 Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) Firewall drivers version 6.5.4.10

Description: The issue allows local users to gain privileges by using certain privileged IOCTLs to modify callback function pointers.

Recommendations: For version 6.5.4.31, restrict access to the kmxstart.sys driver to minimize the risk of exploitation. For version 6.5.4.10, consider disabling the kmxfw.sys driver until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6952

Affected Products

Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (Hips) Drivers

References · 13

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29070 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/21140 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/29069 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22972 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6952 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/452286/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30497 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/451952/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30498 · Note
• http://reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=38 · Note
• http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?cid=97729 · Note
• http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=34818 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/458040/100/200/threaded · Note