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Article #803Re: weird windows bug
From: Matt Chiglinsky
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 00:00
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I think you are talking about the "DOS Device Name In Path" vulnerability. Microsoft released a patch for that (http://www.microsoft.com/security) some time ago. On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 22:12:07 +0100, Tobias Gef๏ฟฝller <T_Gefaeller@gmx.de> wrote: >Recently i happened to find another really weird bug in ms-windows: > >i am currently using ms windows 98, second edition, 4.10.2222 A (german version) >whenever i want to change my current path to the directory "c:\nul\nul" >- even though it does not exist - there is a system error and all >applications are terminated and you can do nothing but reboot your >system. >This error did not only occur on my computer but also on my friends' PCs >when i told them about it. > >This weird bug occurs e.g. > >-when using the "run" function and typing c:\nul\nul >-when using hypertext links such as <a href="../../nul/nul">click here >and your system will crash down</a> > >example : >WARNING: DO NOT USE THIS LINK UNTIL YOU HAVE SAVED YOUR DOCUMENTS AND >CLOSED ALL WINDOWS !! >/../nul/nul click here only if you have read the warning above !!! > > >And now my question: Can anybody tell me why this weird error occurs or >what it refers to ?? > >thanks for your help,
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 110a07,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid110a07,public X-Google-Thread: 1124cf,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid1124cf,public X-Google-Thread: 10870a,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid10870a,public X-Google-Thread: fffac,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gidfffac,public X-Google-Thread: 1102f1,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid1102f1,public X-Google-Thread: 1070cf,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid1070cf,public X-Google-Thread: 1076d4,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid1076d4,public X-Google-Thread: 105df1,d47b88f1423a2f80 X-Google-Attributes: gid105df1,public From: chiglins@mlb.acad.ece.udel.edu (Matt Chiglinsky) Subject: Re: weird windows bug Date: 2000/08/08 Message-ID: <8mpr44$gj$1@dewey.udel.edu> X-Deja-AN: 655982318 References: <lTZj5.5062$T2.79212@news.tli.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@eecis.udel.edu X-Trace: dewey.udel.edu 965767108 531 128.175.201.196 (8 Aug 2000 20:38:28 GMT) Organization: University of Delaware, EE/CIS Lab NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Aug 2000 20:38:28 GMT Newsgroups: alt.windows98,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.windows.misc,de.comp.os.ms-windows.misc,de.comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,fj.os.ms-windows.programming,han.comp.os.ms-windows.programming.misc,han.comp.os.ms-windows.prog