CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0093
3.5 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-03-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Windows DNS Server in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2008, when dynamic updates are enabled, does not restrict registration of the "wpad" hostname, which allows remote authenticated users to hijack the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) feature, and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by spoofing a proxy server, via a Dynamic Update request for this hostname, aka "DNS Server Vulnerability in WPAD Registration Vulnerability," a related issue to CVE-2007-1692.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://blog.ncircle.com/blogs/vert/archives/2009/03/successful_exploit_renders_mic.html blog.ncircle.com
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/03/13/ms09-008-dns-and-wins-server-security-update-in-more-detail.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://osvdb.org/52519 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34217 secunia.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-083.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33989 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021830 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-069A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0661 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-008 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6138 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://blog.ncircle.com/blogs/vert/archives/2009/03/successful_exploit_renders_mic.html blog.ncircle.com
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2009/03/13/ms09-008-dns-and-wins-server-security-update-in-more-detail.aspx blogs.technet.com
- http://osvdb.org/52519 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34217 secunia.com
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-083.htm support.avaya.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33989 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021830 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-069A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0661 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-008 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6138 oval.cisecurity.org