CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-2926

7.2 HIGH Published 2008-08-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-08-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

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.

Affected configurations

• broadcom internet security suite 3.0 • ca host based intrusion prevention system r8 • ca internet security suite 2008 • ca personal firewall 2007 • ca personal firewall 2008

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References