The default configuration of Microsoft Windows uses the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) without static WPAD entries, which might allow remote attackers to intercept web traffic by registering a proxy server using WINS or DNS, then responding to WPAD requests, as demonstrated using Internet Explorer. NOTE: it could be argued that if an attacker already has control over WINS/DNS, then web traffic could already be intercepted by modifying WINS or DNS records, so this would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be a vulnerability. It has also been reported that DHCP is an alternate attack vector.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-03-26T23:00:00
Updated: 2017-07-28T12:57:01
Reserved: 2007-03-26T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-1692
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-03-26T23:19:00.000
Modified: 2017-07-29T01:30:55.393
Link: CVE-2007-1692
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