Vulnerability CVE-2002-0214
Published: 2002-05-16   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Compaq Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver 1.5.16.0 through 1.5.18.0 stores the 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key in plaintext in a registry key with weak permissions, which allows local users to decrypt network traffic by reading the WEP key from the registry key.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Intel -> Intel pro wireless 2011b lan usb device driver 

 References:
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8015.php
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/252607
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3968
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