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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Affected products
4- 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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References
6- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1115nvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/isn/2007-q1/0418.htmlnvd
- isc.sans.org/diary.htmlnvd
- news.com.com/Windows+weakness+can+lead+to+network+traffic+hijacks/2100-1002_3-6170229.htmlnvd
- support.microsoft.com/kb/934864nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33244nvd
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