{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2001-1497", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "3563", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3563" }, { "name": "20011120 Re: MS IE Password inputs", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241400" }, { "name": "20011121 MS IE Password inputs", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241323" }, { "name": "ie-password-character-information(7592)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7592.php" } ] } }