Intel PRO Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver up to 1.5.18.0 WEP cleartext storage

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel PRO Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver up to 1.5.18.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component WEP Handler. The manipulation results in cleartext storage. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0214. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Intel PRO Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver up to 1.5.18.0 (Hardware Driver Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component WEP Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 05/16/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0214. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1555.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8015) and SecurityFocus (BID 3968†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

• Hardware Driver Software

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• PRO Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Driver

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.5.12
• 1.5.13
• 1.5.14
• 1.5.15
• 1.5.16
• 1.5.17
• 1.5.18.0

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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