CVE-2010-4562
NONEMicrosoft 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 addr
Published: 2/2/2012Updated: 4/11/2025
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.
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Affected Products
microsoftwindows_2000
microsoftwindows_2003_server
microsoftwindows_7
microsoftwindows_server_2008
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microsoftwindows_vista
microsoftwindows_xp