THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-0376
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-0376

Windows 2000 vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
18.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows 2000
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-01-22

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-0376

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows 2000 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-0376.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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