CVE-2006-7160
The Sandbox.sys driver in Outpost Firewall PRO 4.0, and possibly earlier versions, does not validate arguments to hooked SSDT functions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via invalid arguments to the (1) NtAssignProcessToJobObject,, (2) NtCreateKey, (3) NtCreateThread, (4) NtDeleteFile, (5) NtLoadDriver, (6) NtOpenProcess, (7) NtProtectVirtualMemory, (8) NtReplaceKey, (9) NtTerminateProcess, (10) NtTerminateThread, (11) NtUnloadDriver, and (12) NtWriteVirtualMemory functions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-7142)
- Published
- March 7, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-7142 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- agnitum / outpost firewall
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22913(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2376
- http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Outpost-Multiple-insufficient-argument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451672/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21097
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4537(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30312
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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