CVE-2006-0376

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user when (1) it establishes an association with a station in ad hoc (aka peer-to-peer) mode or (2) a station in ad hoc mode establishes an association with it, which allows remote attackers to put unexpected wireless communication into place.

The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user when (1) it establishes an association with a station in ad hoc (aka peer-to-peer) mode or (2) a station in ad hoc mode establishes an association with it, which allows remote attackers to put unexpected wireless communication into place.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 19 years ago

2006-01-22 20:03:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-19 15:44:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows XP (gold) Home Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

References

349

1015489

http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5YP0D2KHHO.html

20060114 [NMRC Advisory] Microsoft Windows Wireless Exposure on Laptops

http://www.theta44.org/karma/

windows-wireless-adhoc-unauth-access(24157)

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