CVE-2006-6059

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in MA521nd5.SYS driver 5.148.724.2003 for NetGear MA521 PCMCIA adapter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) beacon or (2) probe 802.11 frame responses with an long supported rates information element. NOTE: this issue was reported as a "memory corruption" error, but the associated exploit code suggests that it is a buffer overflow.

Buffer overflow in MA521nd5.SYS driver 5.148.724.2003 for NetGear MA521 PCMCIA adapter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) beacon or (2) probe 802.11 frame responses with an long supported rates information element. NOTE: this issue was reported as a "memory corruption" error, but the associated exploit code suggests that it is a buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-11-22 01:07:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:34:00

Affected Software

NetGear MA521 Wireless Driver

References

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-18-11-2006.html

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

23036

Vendor Advisory

1017254

Exploit

VU#395496

US Government Resource

21175

ADV-2006-4604

netgear-ma521-code-execution(30442)

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