VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-0320

CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-01-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

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."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references