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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5355

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-5355

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

ST
  1019033

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA27901

MSKB
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945713

CONFIRM
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/945713.mspx

BID
  26686


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