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CVE-2001-1497

N/A

Published: June 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

4.0 4.0.1 4.0.1 sp2 4.1 5.5 5.5 sp1 5.5 sp2 6.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7592.php

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241323

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241400

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3563

CVSS

2.1LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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