CVE-2007-1692
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.
- EPSS
- 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-16
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_2000
- microsoft:windows_2003_server