THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-5972
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-5972

Wg111v2 Driver vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
19.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Stack-based buffer overflow in WG111v2.SYS in NetGear WG111v2 wireless adapter (USB) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long 802.11 beacon request.
Affected vendor
Netgear
Affected product
Wg111v2 Driver
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-11-18

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 19.3% 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-2006-5972

  • Confirm whether Netgear Wg111v2 Driver is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-5972.
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