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

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MEDIUM

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

Published Mar 7, 2007

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00356

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00356

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.36% (0.00356)	27.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00356)	27.28th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00107)	26.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00060)	27.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (7)

http://secunia.com/advisories/22913
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2376
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Outpost-Multiple-insufficient-argument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451672/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21097
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4537
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30312
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/22913		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2376		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.matousec.com/info/advisories/Outpost-Multiple-insufficient-argument-validation-of-hooked-SSDT-functions.php		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451672/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21097		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4537		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30312		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 7, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 7, 2007

Link CVE-2006-7160

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-7160

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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