CVE-2002-0214: Intel Pro Wireless 2011b Lan USB Device Driver

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Intel Intel Pro Wireless 2011b Lan USB Device Driver: version 1.5.16.0 only; version 1.5.18.0 only

Published 2002-05-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.