[21960] in bugtraq
Re: bug w2k
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (BrainMast)
Sat Jul 28 22:31:03 2001
From: "BrainMast" <brain_master@hotmail.com>
To: "SIFFREDI DANIEL" <DSIFFREDI@nacion-afjp.com.ar>,
"BugTraq" <Bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 02:34:41 -0400
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I was able to reproduce this on my win2k pro sp2 english system. You need to
press F7 and Enter repetitively very quickly and not wait for the program to
complete.
But doesn't seem to be network related. I was able to make it happen with a
"dir *.ini /s". Type this in press Enter and immediately press F7 and Enter
several times quickly then press Cntl-C, the dir will stop due to the break
combo, display another 2 "dir *.ini /s" on the console then freeze for a
moment and reboot.
Appears that there is a problem with the console (aka cmd.com) when trying
to send several command very quickly while a program is running but only
crashes after the 1st program completes. Running something like Echo Hi
World! or TYPE boot.ini doesn't appear to be affected, they complete as soon
as you press enter (on my ath 1.2). Just my guess by the observations I've
noticed.
Doesn't appear to be much of a security problem unless you want to crash the
system.
> Ping to any host (for example ping 10.100.2.1 preferred a host in your
> LAN), Now press F7 and Enter (try a couple of times quickly...less
> than ten, and you can see what a meaning)
> The machine reboots, from nothing a warm reboot.
