Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer Password Character Determination Vulnerability
Severity: LOW
Description:
An issue has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer which could allow a user to differentiate between alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters used in a password.
When providing a password in Internet Explorer and using the Ctrl and right arrow key to navigate, the cursor will move between the alphabetic and numeric characters as if there is a space between them. Thus, assisting an attacker in determining how many alphanumeric and non-alphanumeric characters exist, and where they reside in the password. Knowledge of such information could assist an attacker in making more 'intelligent' brute force attacks.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1.0 for Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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