In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-6848 In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:03:32.586Z

Reserved: 2019-09-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-15947

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-05T17:15:12.187

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:29:47.923

Link: CVE-2019-15947

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