Description
East-Tec Eraser 2002 does not clear Windows alternate data streams that are attached to files on NTFS file systems, which allows attackers to recover sensitive information that was supposed to be deleted.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3912
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html
Product x_refsource_misc
http://www.east-tec.com/eraser/faq.htm
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7953.php
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
government-resource
x_refsource_ciac
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-034.shtml
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251565
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0210
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-459
Status
published
Products (1)
east-tec/eraser
2002
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026