External Source: XF
Name: windows-wpad-information-disclosure(33244)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33244
Last updated: Wed May 22 23:21:40 EDT 2013
CVE Publication rate: 12.1
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Vulnerability Workload Index: 6.38
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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 | Configuration 1 |
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| |  | * cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2000 |
| | | * cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:2000::small_business_server |
| |  | * cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2::datacenter_64-bit |