Re: RFP9903: AeDebug vulnerability

From: Stefan Norberg (stnorat_private)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 14:37:08 PDT

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    > One other thing to consider is that when user processes crash, they can
    > sometimes create a user.dmp file, which like UNIX-style core files can
    > sometimes contain information useful to an attacker.  There is a way to
    > turn this off, but I don't recall what it is at the moment.
    >
    
    Run drwtsn32.exe and uncheck "Create Crash Dump File" or just edit the
    registry:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DrWatson\CreateCrashDump = 0
    
    /stefan
    



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