CVE-2006-7180 describes a vulnerability in MadWifi before version 0.9.3, where the ieee80211_output.c component sends unencrypted packets prior to successful WPA authentication. This flaw allows remote attackers to gather sensitive network structure information, potentially leading to denial of service during authentication and enabling spoofing attacks. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with medium attack complexity, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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