CVE-2007-5355

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS Score
27.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
None
Published: December 5, 2007 (6735 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 secunia.com 🔗 support.microsoft.com 🔗 www.microsoft.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com