CVE-2006-4541

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-09-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

RapDrv.sys in BlackICE PC Protection 3.6.cpn, cpj, cpiE, and possibly 3.6 and earlier, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a NULL third argument to the NtOpenSection API function. NOTE: it was later reported that 3.6.cqn is also affected.

Affected products

ISS Blackice Pc Protection: through 3.6; 3.6cpie, 3.6cpj, 3.6cpn

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21710
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1512
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/BlackICE-Insufficient-validation-of-arguments-of-NtOpenSection.php
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows-personal-firewall-analysis/plague-in-security-software-drivers.php
http://www.osvdb.org/28332
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444958/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19800
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3431
http://secunia.com/advisories/21710
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1512

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