CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-4562

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2012-02-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-02-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

Microsoft 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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2003 server • microsoft windows 7 • microsoft windows server 2008 • microsoft windows vista • microsoft windows xp

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References