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The default configuration of the Dr. Watson program in...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The default configuration of the Dr. Watson program in Windows NT and Windows 2000 generates user.dmp crash dump files with world-readable permissions, which could allow a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 18, 2001
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.048%
(19th percentile)

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2001-0373

GHSA ID

GHSA-4xxf-52jh-mcc6

Source code

No known source code

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