Zip Bombs 05-27-2016, 08:04 PM
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If you've used a shell, you're well aware of what fork bombs are; they eat up ridiculous amounts of memory and force the user to restart their system. There's another, more permanent version available: zip bombs.
A zip bomb is massive data files within zip files within zip files within zip files, so at a glance, a 42 KB zip looks harmless, when in reality it's 4.5 fucking PetaBytes.
Using command line tools like 7-Zip, one could recursively unzip all of these files, completely filling the victims drives. It's not necessarily permanent, but it's annoying as hell to fix the damage.
Here's a copy of 42.zip if you don't trust the site (password is 42):
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A zip bomb is massive data files within zip files within zip files within zip files, so at a glance, a 42 KB zip looks harmless, when in reality it's 4.5 fucking PetaBytes.
Using command line tools like 7-Zip, one could recursively unzip all of these files, completely filling the victims drives. It's not necessarily permanent, but it's annoying as hell to fix the damage.
Here's a copy of 42.zip if you don't trust the site (password is 42):
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