Vulnerability CVE-2005-4696
Published: 2005-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WZCS vulnerabilities
Lszl Tth
04.10.2005

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
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0016.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/46
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15008
http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1970
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22524
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26323/
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