weird windows bug
Matt Chiglinsky
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 Gefäller <T_Gef...@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,
Horst-Uwe Schmidt
> hi
> bla bla bla....
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Dear Tobias,
Do you feel better after you crossposted in 15 groups.
Anyway, the bug is very old, a patch has been released months ago.
It is, because nul is a reversed Device-name, CON, PRN, AUX etc work the
same way than your "NUL".
c ya (I don't hope so)
Übrigens, Tobias, der Name Tobias Gefaeller hoert sich doch eher dem
deutschen entspringend an. Deine email-adresse "T_Gef...@gmx.de"
bestätigt dies. Warum schreibst du dann in Englisch?
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