CVE-2006-6952 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-6952

Computer Associates Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) drivers (1) Core...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

host-based intrusion prevention system
Vulnerable Versions:
core_6.5.4.31, firewall_6.5.4.10

Timeline

Official Publish: January 24th, 2007
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.