Works fine under WindowsXP Beta 2 (Build 2462) w/ IE
ver 6.0.2462.0000.main.010315-1739 (w/ Update Versions: 0)
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Shawn McKeon wrote:
> Confirmed on Windows 2000 Pro Sp1 and MSIE 5.00.3103.1000 56bit cipher
>
> >================================================================<
> Shawn McKeon (aka joeuser) ICQ# 377611 mailto:joeuserat_private
> PGP Fingerprint 4011 1E46 DF8B 2955 1D59 1896 56D4 9775 96AE BFEE
> PGP KEY http://www.servicefirstcomputers.com/personal/joeuser.asc
> >================================================================<
> < ORIGINAL MESSAGE(S) & POSSIBLY EDITED FOR CONTENT/SPACE BELOW. >
>
> Synopsis
> --------------
>
> By putting this malformed link on a web page a malicious
> user could crash all the IE windows. It also work by passing the link
> directly into the address field of IE.
>
> Affected version :
> -----------------------
>
> IE 5.5 sp1 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
> IE 5.5 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
> IE 5.0 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
> The Bug :
> -------------
>
> the following url Crash IE : "ftp://whatever//.#./"
>
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