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CVE-2006-6952

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 1.02%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-01-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-6952
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
1.02%

Original NVD Description

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.