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CVE-2009-0320

Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003 and 2008, and Vista exposes I/O activity measurements of all processes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, as demonstrated by reading the I/O Other Bytes column in Task Manager (aka taskmgr.exe) to estimate the number of characters that a different user entered at a runas.exe password prompt, related to a "benchmarking attack."

Published

2009-01-28T18:30:00.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: HIGH
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-200
    CWE-362
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2003 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_server_2008 * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_vista * Yes
Operating System microsoft windows_xp * Yes
References