I'm just a lurker here, but a simple thought... I saw this and thought well it probably has to do with cmd.exe of win2k On my win2k machine using cmd.exe: ************************************ C:\>cd winnt\system32\drivers C:\WINNT\system32\drivers>cd \...\ C:\> on my win98 machine using command.com ************************************* C:\>cd windows\system32\drivers C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS>cd \...\ Bad command or file name C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS> Can't give you reasons why, but given the little information supplied I would bet it would be system calls opening a shell and thus the reason for the /.../ working on win2k and not 98. --Jim Nanney On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Strumpf Noir Society wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know any reasons why a good ol' "triple dot" directory > traversal ("/.../") would succeed on Win2k only and not for > example on Win9x systems running the exact same application and > configuration? > > Much obliged :) > > Thejian > > -- > Best regards, > Strumpf Noir Society mailto:vuln-devat_private > > > "Mere accumulation of observational evidence is not proof." > > -- Death, "The Hogfather" > >
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