CVE-2006-0376
The 802.11 wireless client in certain operating systems including Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 does not warn the user…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 18.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.2% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0383 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0376)Record last updated .