CVE-2008-2926 (GCVE-0-2008-2926)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-08-12 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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