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 pressing certain control keys that jump between non-alphanumeric characters, which makes it easier to conduct a brute-force password guessing attack.
Scoring
- CVSS base score
- 0.03
- EPSS probability
- 0.56%
- Published
- 2005-06-21
- Last modified
- 2026-03-16
Affected products
- n/a n/a