Overview |
Summary: |
DoS attack against Windows 95/98, maybe other versions. A buffer overflow that will result in a crash if a filename with an extension longer that 232 characters is accessed. |
Category: |
DoS: An exploit whose purpose is to deny somebody the use of the service: namely to crash or hang a program or the entire system. Examples of DoS attacks include flooding the victim with more traffic than can be handled; flooding a service (like IRC) with more events than it can handle bomb; crashing a TCP/IP stack by sending corrupt packets; crashing a service by interacting with it in an unexpected way; or hanging a system by causing it to go into an infinite loop. For example, the Ping of Death exploit crashed machines by sending illegally fragmented packets at a victim. A common word for DoS is ""nuke"", which was first popularized by the WinNuke program.
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Similar Pests: |
DoS |
Origins |
Author: |
wc, |
By This Author: |
Apcd Local Xploit · Asmon Local Exploit · DoS against Alibaba 2.0 WebServer · Gnapster/Knapster View File Exploit · Gopher+[v2.3.1p0-] Daemon remote Xploit · IISDoS · Mobius DocumentDirect for the Internet 1.2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities · NetMetro · NetMetro 1.0 · NetMetro 1.04 · Netmetro Patch · NetWare Trojan · ProFTPD 1.2pre4 Remote Buffer Overflow Xploit · Robotex Viking Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability · SetXConf Exploit (Corel 1.0) · SuSe Local tmp Xploit · WCRAT · WCRAT (wC Remote Administration Tool) 1.1B · WCRAT (wC Remote Administration Tool) 1.2B · wCRAT 1.2b |
Date of Origin: |
December, 2000 |
Operation |
Storage Required: |
Awcrash.c: at least 5 KB |
Detection and Removal |
Automatic Removal: |
 PestPatrol detects this.
PestPatrol removes this.
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Manual Removal: |
Follow these steps to remove Awcrash.c from your machine. Begin by backing up your registry and your system, and/or setting a Restore Point, to prevent trouble if you make a mistake. |
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Remove Files:
Remove these files (if present) with Windows Explorer:
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Research |
File Analyses: |
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More Info: |
AllTheWeb, AltaVista, AOL Search, Ask Jeeves, Google, HotBot, Lycos, LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo! |
Research By: |
PestPatrol's Pest Research Center |
Last Revised: |
June 27, 2004 |