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CVE-2001-1497
published 2001-12-31

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…

PriorityP411low2.1CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCPINAN
EPSS
2.05%
79.0th percentile
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.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
microsoftie
microsoftie
microsoftie
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
microsoftinternet_explorer
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