01 Record
CVE-2002-2066
BestCrypt BCWipe 1.0.7 and 2.0 through 2.35.1 does not clear Windows alternate data streams that are attached to files on NTFS file systems, which allows attackers to recover sensitive information
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
BestCrypt BCWipe 1.0.7 and 2.0 through 2.35.1 does not clear Windows alternate data streams that are attached to files on NTFS file systems, which allows attackers to recover sensitive information
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-07-14 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-459Incomplete CleanupBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8e8728777f83d02a65c57969bc075f0e38ef527c2d8e282d8c35ae1ec521f10b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com3912http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3912
- www.iss.netntfs-ads-file-wipe(7953)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7953.php
- www.ciac.orgM-034http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-034.shtml
- www.securityfocus.com20020120 KSSA-003 - Multiple windows file wiping utilities do not properly wipe data with NTFShttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251565
- www.seifried.orghttp://www.seifried.org/security/advisories/kssa-003.html
- www.bcwipe.comhttp://www.bcwipe.com/