Re: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file

[sjohns11 () GL UMBC EDU (steve johnson)]

I have yet to try this on my windows box, but I think this .lnk may just
be a corrupted link. I have also known uploading a corrupted link to a
serv-u ftp server to wreak a little havoc as well. In theory, any windows
user could corrupt a windows shortcut, upload it to serv-u and disable the
server to some extent (provided my guess about the .lnk file being simply
a corrupted link is correct).
later...........................steve

> I couldn't even read the message.  Eudora would crash when
> it tried to open it.  Scrolling down to try to see the file would
> crash Windows 98 when the file just came into view in the
> window.
>
> > From: Parity Error [mailto:bootup () MAIL RU]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 3:47 PM
> > To: VULN-DEV () SECURITYFOCUS COM
> > Subject: Explorer crashes when it sees this .lnk file
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Explorer crashes when it "sees" this .lnk file in a
> > directory. Looks like some
> > decoding code for .lnk files crashes when it sees this. The code
> > seems to be in a shared dll. U cannot edit this file using
> > any windows based
> > hex editor. All apps crash when they see this. This may be
> > exploitable, ....
>
> --
> James A. Robbins
> Senior Design Engineer, Network Engineer
> The Ohio State University
> Chemistry Department

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