Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2926

Title: Ca Host Based Intrusion Prevention System Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-2926.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Aug 12, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.42%

Vulnerability Summary

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, 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.

Impacted Vendors

ca 4

computer_associates 1

mcafee 1

broadcom 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/31434 http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36559 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020658 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020659 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020660 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44392 http://secunia.com/advisories/31434 http://www.ca.com/us/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=36559 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495397/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30651 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020658 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020659 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020660 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2339 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44392

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2926 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 12, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.