CVE-2007-5355
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7, when a primary DNS suffix with three or more components is configured, resolves an unqualified wpad hostname in a second-level domain outside this configured DNS domain,…
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Description
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7, when a primary DNS suffix with three or more components is configured, resolves an unqualified wpad hostname in a second-level domain outside this configured DNS domain, which allows remote WPAD servers to conduct man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 16.63% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27901Vendor Advisory
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945713
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/945713.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26686
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4064
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27901Vendor Advisory
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945713
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/945713.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26686
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019033
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4064
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.