Absolutely correct. Although this was intentional behaviour, it was given a security advisory[1]. In practice it allowed all sorts of exploits, including dumpin

Absolutely correct. Although this was intentional behaviour, it was given a security advisory[1]. In practice it allowed all sorts of exploits, including dumping packed executables for cracking, as you say. [1]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2010/2269637 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAd...