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Re: NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug...
From: Marcus_Bayerkohler () EXCHANGE BMC COM (Bayerkohler, Marcus)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 16:56:31 -0600
i had mixed results. i created the file on a linux box. ie would not let you save it on an nt box. (gives error) netscape would let you save the file. on different nt4sp3 machines i had this reaction: 2 machines: no problem, right click and get menu 1 machine: right click, screen blanks to its wallpaper then returns to desktop and brings up a FindFast window. 1 machine: right click, screen blanks to its wallpaper then returns to destop and brings up an error about the c: drive not found, then a FindFast window. marc
-----Original Message----- From: Clifford Hammerschmidt [mailto:chammers () PIM BC CA] Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 1:25 PM To: BUGTRAQ () netspace org Subject: NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug... 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
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- NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug... Clifford Hammerschmidt (Feb 11)
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- Re: NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug... Bayerkohler, Marcus (Feb 12)
- Re: NT too? Re: Another Windows98 Bug... Eric Stevens (Feb 13)