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   CYBER-DANGER      Internet security and threats      46 messages   

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   Jean Parrot to August Abolins   
   DLL search order vulnerability   
   09 May 11 08:53:48   
   
   August, this is a quiet forum !   
      
    AA> ------------------------------------   
    AA> Contributary factors in the exploit:   
    AA> ------------------------------------   
    AA> 1. Data files are associated with specific applications by the file   
    AA> extension.   
    AA> 2. File extensions are hidden by default in Windows.   
    AA> 3. DLL files are hidden by default in Windows.   
      
   	Not so as far as an exploit is concerned, only to the user. The machine knows   
   what the suffix is, whether you select it to be visible to you makes no   
   difference to the OS or an exploit. Methinks.   
      
   --- Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812)   
    * Origin: Fidonet Via Newsreader - http://www.easternstar.info (1:123/789)   

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