CVE-2010-4562

Microsoft Windows - Unauthorized Network Sniffing Detection via ICMPv6 Echo Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Windows 2008, 7, Vista, 2003, 2000, and XP, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping. NOTE: due to a typo, some sources map CVE-2010-4562 to a ProFTPd mod_sql vulnerability, but that issue is covered by CVE-2010-4652.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/254
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/dailydave/2011/q2/25

Scores

EPSS 0.1519
EPSS Percentile 96.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_2003_server
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_xp
Published Feb 02, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026