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.
References
- ADV-2007-4064 vdb-entry
- 26686 vdb-entry
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/945713.mspx
- 1019033 vdb-entry
- 27901 third-party-advisory
- 945713 vendor-advisory