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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 26, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-1692

CVE-2007-1692

Description

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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  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000:*:small_business_server:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000:*:small_business_server:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:datacenter_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*

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