Microsoft won't confirm proxy configuration flaw

InfoWorld | at | by Mike

Microsoft Tuesday was still examining the details of a vulnerability discovered by a hacker that appears to exploit an eight-year-old flaw in Windows.

So far, the company has not announced plans for a patch. In addition, the company would not confirm that the issue is based on a vulnerability first discovered in 1999 in the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol in Windows. Nor would the company commit to the fact that any fix is under development.