CVE-2005-4696

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) stores WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key in plaintext in memory of the explorer process, which allows attackers with access to process memory to steal the keys and access the network.

The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) stores WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key in plaintext in memory of the explorer process, which allows attackers with access to process memory to steal the keys and access the network.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 19 years ago

2005-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-05 01:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Home Edition

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 media_center

Microsoft windows xp_sp2 tablet_pc

References

20051004 Advisory: WZCS vulnerabilities

Vendor Advisory

17064

Vendor Advisory

46

19873

15008

Exploit

http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62

Vendor Advisory

ADV-2005-1970

win-xp-wzcs-information-disclosure(22524)

26323

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