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."
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.0/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 28, 2009
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified