CVE-2003-5001
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in ISS BlackICE PC Protection and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the component Cross Site Scripting Detection. The manipulation as part of POST/PUT/DELETE/OPTIONS Request leads to privilege escalation. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA vulnerability in the Cross Site Scripting Detection component of ISS BlackICE PC Protection allows remote privilege escalation via crafted POST/PUT/DELETE/OPTIONS requests. The vulnerability has a CRITICAL CVSS score of 9.8 and publicly available exploits.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE dataall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify if BlackICE PC Protection is installedCheck the Windows registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall for an entry named 'BlackICE PC Protection' or look in Program Files for an 'BlackICE' folderAffected if The product is present on the system - all versions are affected
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Check for BlackICE servicesOpen Services console (services.msc) and look for services containing 'BlackICE' in the name, or run 'sc query' command and filter for BlackICEAffected if A BlackICE service is running - the vulnerable XSS detection component is active
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Identify BlackICE executable and versionLocate the main executable (typically at C:\Program Files\ISS\BlackICE\blackice.exe or similar path) and right-click to view properties for version informationAffected if Any version of the blackice.exe executable exists - all versions contain the vulnerability
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Check if XSS detection feature is enabledOpen the BlackICE GUI interface and navigate to the protection/filter settings to verify if the Cross Site Scripting Detection component is activeAffected if The XSS detection feature is enabled - the vulnerability is exploitable through crafted HTTP requests
If IBM ISS BlackICE PC Protection is installed and running with the XSS detection component enabled, the environment is affected by this critical privilege escalation vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace ISS BlackICE PC Protection with a currently supported endpoint protection solution, as this product is no longer maintained and no official patch exists.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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