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

From: Sebastian Niehaus (killedbythoughts_at_mindcrime.net)
Date: 07/08/03

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Date: 08 Jul 2003 11:49:13 +0200

    Brett Hutley <brett@hutley.net> writes:

    > > 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
    >
    > The problem seems to be related to whether you have permissions to
    > access the AUX device or not. I couldn't freeze explorer on my notebook
    > where I don't have permissions to the aux device, but could on a
    > co-workers machine in which we could access the aux device from the
    > command line.

    Which factors (default install?) influence the users permissions on
    the aux-device?

    Sebastian 

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