Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-1714

Title: BlackICE PC Protection/Server Protection insecure permissions DoS/config modification

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-1714

CWE Category CWE-732

Published Date Aug 11, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.1 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.85%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-1714: BlackICE PC Protection and Server Protection installs (1) firewall.ini, (2) blackice.ini, (3) sigs.ini and (4) protect.ini with Everyone Full Control permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or modify configuration, as demonstrated by modifying firewall.ini to contain a large firewall rule.

Impacted Vendors

iss 2

Reference Links

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-August/025112.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109223751031166&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10915 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16959 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-August/025112.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109223751031166&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10915 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16959

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-1714 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24362

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 11, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.