FKIE_CVE-2001-1497
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2001-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 through 6.0 could allow local users to differentiate between alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters used in a password by pressing certain control keys that jump between non-alphanumeric characters, which makes it easier to conduct a brute-force password guessing attack.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | 4.0 | |
| microsoft | ie | 4.0.1 | |
| microsoft | ie | 4.0.1 | |
| microsoft | ie | 4.1 | |
| microsoft | ie | 4.1 | |
| microsoft | ie | 4.1 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 4.0 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 4.0.1 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 4.0.1 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 5.5 | |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6.0 |
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