Re: Wordpad vulnerability, exploitable also in IE for Win9x

[canderso () ISM CA (Curtis Anderson, CNE, MCSE)]

----- Original Message -----
Although I feel he makes it fairly evident I thought I'd make a note for
all.  This does not work in Windows 2000 using the IE trick.  It doesn't
prompt to open Wordpad but rather just uses notepad.  I feel this has
something to do with the fact that the filesize limit inherent in Notepad
for win9x isn't there in Windows 2000.  Although I could be wrong on this I
just know it doesn't affect Windows 2000 users.

Scott Wade
Systems Administrator
----- Original Message -----

Scott's dead on here - it's Win9x's notepad that sees the file is >64KB and
prompts to launch WordPad.  The NT/Win2K versions of Notepad don't have the
filesize limitation (so will simply open the file).
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Curtis Anderson, CNE, MCSE
ISM Manitoba - an IBM Global Services team member
400 Ellice Avenue,   Winnipeg, MB     R3B 3M3
canderso () ism ca             andersoc () ca ibm com
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