The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

18.2% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• http://www.theta44.org/karma/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1015489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 349 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• windows-wireless-adhoc-unauth-access(24157) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5YP0D2KHHO.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20060114 [NMRC Advisory] Microsoft Windows Wireless Exposure on Laptops (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 16:34 UTC.