Re: [Full-Disclosure] Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

From: Blue Boar (BlueBoar_at_thievco.com)
Date: 07/07/03

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    To: fabian.becker2@epost.de
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2003 10:27:58 -0700

    fabian.becker2@epost.de wrote:
    > I found a bug in IE6 ón Windows XP with all Service Packs and Patches installed:
    > If you enter C:\aux in the adressline of the IE (not EXPLORER, InternetExplorer)
    > and hit enter, the window will freeze. This bug is simmilar to C:\con\con
    > but not as dagerous. But its the same reason, naimly that windows trys to
    > open aux, a hardware device in earlier windows versions.

    Cannot reproduce your results, at least not for my definition of "freeze".
      Tested on WinXP Pro with all patches and IE updates provided by Windows
    Update. IE simply displays a blank page. CPU is not pegged, IE functions
    notrmally (I can open another page from there, for example.)

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