CVE-2006-0376

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0376
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-22 20:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.194960000 probability, percentile 0.954060000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp3 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All fr
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server r2 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold home All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All gold professional All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nmrc.org Vendor Advisory
KARMA Attacks Radioed Machines Automatically af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.theta44.org
SecuriTeam™ - Microsoft Windows Wireless Exposure on Laptops af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securiteam.com
Microsoft Windows Wireless Exposure on Laptops - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421868/100/0/threaded af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Wireless Network Connection Software May Broadcast Ad-Hoc SSID Information in Certain Cases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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