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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1714
• 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