A vulnerability has been identified in Broadcom Wireless Device Drivers, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the "BCMWL5.SYS" driver when handling probe responses containing an overly long "SSID" (Service Set IDentifier) field, which could be exploited by attackers within range of the Wi-Fi station to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system with kernel-level privileges.
Note : A fully functional exploit has been published.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Chris Eagle
ChangeLog
2006-11-12 : Initial release
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