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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2004-1714 json

BlackICE PC Protection and Server Protection installs (1) firewall.ini, (2) blackice.ini, (3) sigs.ini and (4) protect.ini with Everyone Fu…

published 2004-08-11 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1708

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24362)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24362 Internet Security Systems BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 - Firewall.INI Local Buffer Overrun dos, 2004-08-11
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10915 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.