Re: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

[Spiro Trikaliotis <trikaliotis () ivs cs uni-magdeburg de>]

Hello,

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 06:25:01PM +0200, 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.
> I already sended an email to Microsoft but they said the bug wouldn't exist.

Just tried it on XP SP1 (German) with IE6, and I can confirm that this
problem exists.

Interestingly, on a Win 2000 machine with SP 3 (German, too), this problem
does not exist with IE6.

Spiro.

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Spiro R. Trikaliotis, Dipl.-Inform.            
University of Magdeburg

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