Vulnerability in Microsoft Ie
CVE-2001-1497
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 through 6.0 could allow local users to differentiate between alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters used in a password by pressing certain control keys that jump between non-alphanumeric characters, which makes it easier to conduct a brute-force password guessing attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Ie — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 5.5
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3563 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241400 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241323 (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/7592.php (vdb-entry)