[Esd-l] Triple extensions

Michael Ghens michael at spconnect.com
Mon Feb 3 11:14:36 PST 2003


The register has an article about triple exentions.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/29137.html

What it states is that by creating a attatchment like: 
vacation.jpg.exe.jpg, a trojan can be put in. The user sees the first 
extension, the third is used for the icon, and the middle is for 
launching.

Does the sanitizer catch it?



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