bugtraq - Re: RE: Unchecked buffer in mstask.dll

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Message-ID: <10598937040714183238a299ba@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:32:08 -0400
From: "Jordan Cole (stilist)" <stilist@...il.com>
To: Paul Szabo <psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com,
   tlarholm@...x.com, brett.moore@...urity-assessment.com
Subject: Re: RE: Unchecked buffer in mstask.dll

> Being curious, on Win2k, I copied cmd.exe (from winnt\system32) as xyz.pif;
> then (right-click) Properties, Program crashes explorer.

I'd say that's because you changed the filetype; pif files simply
contain information on how to handle a DOS executable; they aren't a
program themselves. All you did was make it get confused and kill
itself.

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