CVE-2001-0373 describes a vulnerability in the default configuration of Dr. Watson on Windows NT and Windows 2000, where user.dmp crash dump files are created with world-readable permissions. This flaw allows a local user to access sensitive information contained within these files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity. It requires local access (AV:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L), with no authentication needed (Au:N), leading to a potential compromise of confidentiality (C:P) but no impact on integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known exploits available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its age and low severity, the CVE has garnered 10 community mentions, suggesting some level of historical interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.