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CVE-2007-5355

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/12/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.01:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:64-bit_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:itanium_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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