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CVE-2009-0320

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD

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."

Key facts

CVSS score
4.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
EPSS score
1.4% (73th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-0324)
Published
January 28, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0324 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • microsoft / windows server 2003
  • microsoft / windows server 2008
  • microsoft / windows vista
  • microsoft / windows xp

Certified products that may be affected

21 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

See all 21 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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