Vulnerability Development: Re: .com

[dullien () gmx de]

Hey Pauli,

somehow we're replicating our work ;)

PO> dunno if this has already occurred in people's mind but
PO> as there is the nice similarity between the ancient .com
PO> executable file extension and the tld .com ignorant
PO> clients could be fooled by sending executables that
PO> are named after popular .com www-sites. clear enough?-)

Yes, and most funnily: You don't need to actually have a .com file
in there - The operating system checks for the MZ/ZM signature,
and then hands the file over to the .EXE handler if present. Therefore
you can just rename any .EXE file .com and it will properly execute.

Cheers,
Thomas


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