Re: Buffer overflow?

[GulfTech Security Research <security () gulftech org>]

Perhaps the problem is the result of an issue within a third party
application that has been integrated into the windows shell. If this was
the case it might make it appear that explorer is having a problem with
the file and crash.

James

Alexander Sotirov wrote:
> Ivancool2003 () yahoo com ar wrote:
> > I have windows xp service pack 2 and if i create a file with a 253 
> > Characters long and i press it with the right button, the shell is stopped; 
> > explorer.exe and another aplications are reinitiated. What has 
> > happened?
>
> I can't reproduce on a fully patched XP machine. I have a few questions:
>
> How are you creating the file?
> What is the name of the file you are creating?
> Does the file have an extension?
> What filesystem are you using?
> Are you creating the file on a network share or on the local filesystem?
> Are you creating the root of the drive, or deeper in the directory structure?
> What is the full path of the file?
> What is the default character set of your machine?
> Does your machine have any other security updates installed?
> If the problem reproducible? Does explorer.exe crash every time you right click?
> Can you reproduce the problem on multiple machines?
> If it is reproducible, can you attach WinDbg to explorer.exe and save a
> crashdump? I can give you detailed instructions on how to do this.
>
>
> Alex