Re: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

[Sebastian Niehaus <killedbythoughts () mindcrime net>]

Brett Hutley <brett () hutley net> writes:

> > If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER,
> > InternetExplorer) and hit enter, the window will freeze. This bug
> > is simmilar to C:\con\con
>
> The problem seems to be related to whether you have permissions to
> access the AUX device or not. I couldn't freeze explorer on my notebook
> where I don't have permissions to the aux device, but could on a
> co-workers machine in which we could access the aux device from the
> command line.

Which factors (default install?) influence the users permissions on
the aux-device?


Sebastian

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