CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0376

7.5 HIGH Published 2006-01-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-01-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2003 server r2 • microsoft windows xp

References