full-disclosure - Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

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From: brett at hutley.net (Brett Hutley)
Subject: Internet Explorer 6 DoS Bug

> 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.

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