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CVE-2005-4696
The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) stores WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key in…
Low2.1EPSS 3.9%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) stores WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key in plaintext in memory of the explorer process, which allows attackers with access to process memory to steal the keys and access the network.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 46 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20051004 Advisory: WZCS vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 19873 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1970 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 15008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26323 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 17064 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- win-xp-wzcs-information-disclosure(22524) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .