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MS Windows taskmgr.exe Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Windows

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Wont Fix

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running Windows Operating System and is prone to information disclosure vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The I/O activity measurement of all processes allow to obtain sensitive information by reading the I/O other bytes column in taskmgr.exe to estimate the number of characters that a different user entered at a password prompt through 'runas.exe'.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 and prior.

Solution

Solution

No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

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