CVE-2001-0160

Exp

Lucent/ORiNOCO WaveLAN cards generate predictable Initialization Vector (IV) values for the Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) which allows remote attackers to quickly compile information that will let them decrypt messages.

Published: 2001-01-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0160 is rated Exploit Available (53.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0160

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0160

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.22%	0.80%	+0.58%
2	2025-03-17	1.44%	0.22%	-1.22%
3	2024-12-17	—	1.44%	—

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0160

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.0	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:L) Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:N) No integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	10.0	2.9	[email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0160

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0160

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
lucent	wavelan	—	cpe:2.3:h:lucent:wavelan::::::::
orinoco	orinoco_wavelan	—	cpe:2.3:h:orinoco:orinoco_wavelan::::::::

References for CVE-2001-0160

URL	Tags
http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~seny/pubs/wince802.pdf	Exploit Vendor Advisory

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