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."

🔗 References (4)

• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500393/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33440
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500393/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33440