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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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-07T13:06:25.887Z

Reserved: 2007-03-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-1692

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-03-26T23:19:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-1692

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