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CVE-2008-2926
The kmxfw.sys driver in CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) r8, as used in CA Internet Security Suite and Personal Firewall,…
High7.2EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- ADV-2008-2339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1020660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36559 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080812 CA Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System SDK kmxfw.sys Multiple Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 31434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020658 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30651 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ca-kmxfw-privilege-escalation(44392) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1020659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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