Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2006-0376
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.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.182 (97.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.182 · newest: 0.182 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.theta44.org/karma/
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/349 (third-party-advisory)
- www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24157 (vdb-entry)
- www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5YP0D2KHHO.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421868/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)