This doesn't seem to affect service pack 4. >The following perl script will create a 250 character file that will crash >WinNT (service pack 3) explorer when right-clicked on: >-------------------- >$fn = 'A' x 250; >open (FH,">$fn") or die ":$!\n"; >print FH "it worked?"; >close FH; >-------------------- > >You may have to create the file inside a subdirectory. I think what is >happening here is the path+filename exceeds MAX_PATH. > >To delete the file drop to a command window and delete it using it's >shortname (dir /X will display shortnames). > >At 05:49 PM 2/9/98 -0800, you wrote: >>>>> >I'm not sure about the details of this problem, but when testing another >buffer overflow, I created a long filename called "testfile.txt > > > " >(note the chr(160)'s at the end) It is 235 characters in length. After >creating it on my desktop, I right clicked on it; explorer crashed saying >it caused an illegal operation. the only way I found to close this was by >using command.com I sent this to a friend and he got the same error. > > -Scott Campbell (<mailto:smcat_private>smcat_private) > ><<<< >
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