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CVE-2006-0376

CVE information

Published

18 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:home:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -