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FKIE_CVE-2009-0320

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-28 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:04
Severity
Summary
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."

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      "value": "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.\""
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      "value": "Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003 y 2008, y Vista expone las mediciones de la actividad de I/O (entrada/salida) de todos los procesos, lo que permite a usuarios locales obtener informaci\u00f3n sensible, como se ha demostrado mediante la lectura de las I/O en la columna Other Bytes en el Administrador de tareas (Task Manager) para estimar el n\u00famero de caracteres que ha introducido (en el runas.exe - ejecutar como) un usuario (distinto del de la sesion actual) en la ventana que solicita la contrase\u00f1a, relacionado con un \"benchmarking attack\"."
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  "id": "CVE-2009-0320",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:04:45.477",
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "accessComplexity": "HIGH",
          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "impactScore": 6.9,
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  "published": "2009-01-28T18:30:00.217",
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500393/100/0/threaded"
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      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33440"
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}



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