CVE-2004-2126

The upgrade for BlackICE PC Protection 3.6 and earlier sets insecure permissions for .INI files such as (1) blackice.ini, (2) firewall.ini, (3) protect.ini, or (4) sigs.ini, which allows local users to modify BlackICE configuration or possibly execute arbitrary code by exploiting vulnerabilities in the .INI parsers.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2004-2126 is rated Low Risk (26/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2126

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-06 0.28% 0.07% -0.20%
2 2026-04-21 0.22% 0.28% +0.05%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2126

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2126

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2126

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
iss blackice_pc_protection <= 3.6cbz cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_pc_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2126

cvelogic Threat Intelligence