bugtraq - Re: 2 vulnerabilities combine to auto execute received files in Nokia series 60 OS

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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:29:31 -0500
From: "KF (lists)" <kf_lists@...italmunition.com>
To: rohit@...tikalsolutions.com
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: 2 vulnerabilities combine to auto execute
	received files in Nokia series 60 OS

so then the bottom line is that there is a bug. When files are being 
transfered they should also be identified via the content of the file 
rather than the extension...

-KF

>The second one is also know feature, the file type is not determinated
>from the extension but from the content of the file. So a sis package
>renamed to an jpeg file still looks from the inside as a sis package and
>so the user is prompted for installation.
>
>  
>

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