Re: NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug...

[ejsteven () CS MILLERSV EDU (Eric Stevens)]

This doesn't seem to affect service pack 4.


> The following perl script will create a 250 character file that will crash
> WinNT (service pack 3) explorer when right-clicked on:
> --------------------
> $fn = 'A' x 250;
> open (FH,">$fn") or die ":$!\n";
> print FH "it worked?";
> close FH;
> --------------------
>
> You may have to create the file inside a subdirectory. I think what is
> happening here is the path+filename exceeds MAX_PATH.
>
> To delete the file drop to a command window and delete it using it's
> shortname (dir /X will display shortnames).
>
> At 05:49 PM 2/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
> > > > >
> I'm not sure about the details of this problem, but when testing another
> buffer overflow, I created a long filename called "testfile.txt
>
>
>                                                          "
> (note the chr(160)'s at the end) It is 235 characters in length.  After
> creating it on my desktop, I right clicked on it; explorer crashed saying
> it caused an illegal operation.  the only way I found to close this was by
> using command.com  I sent this to a friend and he got the same error.
>
>        -Scott Campbell (<mailto:smc () visuallink com>smc () visuallink com)
>
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