CVE-2001-0373: Microsoft Windows 2000

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: any version
• Microsoft Windows Nt: version 4.0 only

Published 2001-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.