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Abradoks · 01-31-2013, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by geekmaster

That bug sounds like it could be exploited for useful purposes. Your particular suspicious book would need to be investigated to see what is causing that unexpected behavior, before it can be explored to find its hidden powers.

Perhaps a "naughty book" cloaking device? Or maybe a future jailbreak vector, should the need arise...

So, did you find anything interesting about that bug?

I've encountered another one on KT 5.1.2 (may be related):
If you add a file that starts with prefix matching some directory name (e.g. if you have directory '/mnt/us/documents/foo/' and add the file '/mnt/us/documents/foobar.mobi'), that file will disappear from the list a few seconds after showing up there.

It will also affect files with non-bugged names (e.g. '/mnt/us/documents/fubar.mobi') added at the same time. They won't be indexed unless you delete /var/local/cc.db. If you copy such file to a subfolder (e.g. '/mnt/us/documents/bars/fubar.mobi'), that one will be indexed.

Here's what I found in logs:

Spoiler:

Doesn't look like something exploitable though.