CVE - CVE-2009-0320

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0320	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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."
References
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BID:33440 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33440 BUGTRAQ:20090124 Benchmarking attacks and major security weakness on all recent Windows versions up to Windows 200 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500393/100/0/threaded
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090128	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090128)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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