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7.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in CA Personal Firewall (Firewall Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was disclosed 11/16/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at reversemode.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-6952 since 01/24/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is possible to download the exploit at reversemode.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
11/16/2006 🔍11/16/2006 🔍
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05/08/2016 🔍
11/29/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: ca.comAdvisory: reversemode.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-6952 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 21140 - Computer Associates Multiple Products Drivers Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulenrabilities
Secunia: 22972
OSVDB: 30498 - CA Personal Firewall HIPS Driver (kmxstart.sys) Local Privilege Escalation
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 05/08/2016 20:08Updated: 11/29/2018 10:13
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:08 (54), 11/29/2018 10:13 (4)
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