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CVE-2005-4696 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0016.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17064	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/46	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22524	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26323/	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/19873	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15008	CVE	Exploit
http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1970	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0016.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17064	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/46	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22524	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26323/	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/19873	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15008	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.soonerorlater.hu/index.khtml?article_id=62	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1970	[email protected]

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows xp	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:home::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:media_center::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp2:tablet_pc::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 3, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]