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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2006-01-22T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T16:34:14.834Z
Reserved: 2006-01-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2006-0376
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2006-01-22T20:03:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:06:19.373
Link: CVE-2006-0376
Redhat
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