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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 13:41:05 +0100
> 
> Yep.  Just tried a little argv printing proglet, and it shows the
> \:\\foo\bar filename as passed.

Okay, that probably means that Windows system calls ignore the drive
letter when the colon is followed by a double backslash.

> We can probably use this, as long as we're sure never to pass such a
> bogus name to a program that doesn't support it

Yes, it sounds like that.

In addition, code that looks at the drive letter and actually does
something with it, will also be vulnerable to fake drive letters.