CVE-2010-4562

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4562
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-02-02 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Windows 2008, 7, Vista, 2003, 2000, and XP, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping. NOTE: due to a typo, some sources map CVE-2010-4562 to a ProFTPd mod_sql vulnerability, but that issue is covered by CVE-2010-4652.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dailydave: Another Microsoft (and other) IPv6 security issue: sniffer detection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Full Disclosure: Another Microsoft (and other) IPv6 security issue: sniffer detection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
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