CVE-2008-2926 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-2926

The kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS)...

Vulnerability Description

The kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8, as used in CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall, does not properly verify IOCTL requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted request.

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

internet security suite, host based intrusion prevention system, internet security suite 2008, personal firewall 2007, personal firewall 2008
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, r8

Timeline

Official Publish: August 12th, 2008
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.