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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:15 +0100 From: Maurycy Prodeus <mailing-list@...c.pl> To: Peter Ferrie <peter.ferrie@...il.com> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: WinXP IE .HLP file 0day > There are loads of known vulns in winhlp32.exe, particularly in the > decompression routines. That's why it was removed from Vista, and why > .hlp files are considered to be dangerous file formats. .HLP == executable According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinHelp : "A rather security critical feature is that one can also include a DLL file containing custom code and associating it with WinHelp topics. Effectively this makes .HLP files equivalent to executables." _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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