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Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file


From: vlad () SANDY RU (Vladimir Dubrovin)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 19:01:47 +0400


Hello Parity Error,

28.03.2000 17:47, you wrote: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file;

P> Hi all,

P> Explorer crashes when it "sees" this .lnk file in a directory. Looks like some
P> decoding code for .lnk files crashes when it sees this. The code
P> seems to be in a shared dll. U cannot edit this file using any windows based
P> hex editor. All apps crash when they see this. This may be exploitable, ....

This was covered by USSR labs
USSR Advisory Code:   USSR-2000032
Release Date:
February 04, 2000

Published  at  bugtraq in the beggining of february. Original text can
be found on http://www.security.nnov.ru/2000/february/servu.html
or look at http://www.ussrback.com

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