Microsoft is planning to fix a Windows 10 vulnerability that could corrupt a NTFS-formatted hard drive simply by viewing a folder with a malicious shortcut
A bizarre Windows bug for 2021 — Microsoft says it's planning to fix a bizarre Windows 10 bug that could corrupt a hard drive just by looking at an icon.
Nice find by @jonasLyk : cd <specialdir> Result: NTFS corruption Other vectors: - Open an ISO, VHD, or VHDX - Extract a ZIP file - Open an HTML file without a MoTW - Probably more... https://twitter.com/...
This problem seems to be introduced around the time of Windows 10 1803. Prior versions of Windows do not appear to be affected. I'll give Microsoft a shot at addressing this before disclosing what the value of <specialdir> is. Though I question how such things get prioritized...
Why? Almost 2 years ago I reported to them NTFS filesystems that can cause windows to BSOD when they're mounted. e.g. by double-clicking a VHD or VHDX file. That's still not fixed. https://twitter.com/...
There's a new Windows 10 bug that can corrupt a hard drive just if you look at an icon...! Microsoft tells me it's working on a fix, but you don't even need to open a file to trigger this. Details here: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...