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high 7.2

CVE-2006-6952 json

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 allo…

published 2007-01-24 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6935

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29070)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29070 Computer Associates Personal Firewall 9.0 - HIPS Driver 'kmxstart.sys' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2006-11-16
  • EDB-29069 Computer Associates Personal Firewall 9.0 - HIPS Driver 'kmxfw.sys' Local Privilege Escalation local, 2006-11-16
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21140 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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