CVE-2005-4696 (GCVE-0-2005-4696)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:53
VLAI
Summary
The Microsoft Wireless Zero Configuration system (WZCS) stores WEP keys and pair-wise Master Keys (PMK) of the WPA pre-shared key in plaintext in memory of the explorer process, which allows attackers with access to process memory to steal the keys and access the network.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/46 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.osvdb.org/19873 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1970 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15008 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26323/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/17064 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2005-10-04 00:00
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