Design/Logic Flaw

Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS, when used in conjunction with unspecified third-party upload applications, allows remote attackers to create empty files with arbitrary extensions via a filename containing an initial extension followed by a : colon and a safe extension, as demonstrate...

CVE-2009-4445

Microsoft IIS, when used with unspecified third‑party upload applications, is vulnerable to remote file creation via a filename containing an initial extension, a colon, and a safe extension. For example, uploading a file named ".asp:.jpg" can result in an empty ".asp" file being created, related...

"View Image" local resource linking (Windows) — Mozilla

Normally Mozilla-based clients prevent web content from linking to local files but Eric Foley reports a partial bypass of this restriction by using Windows filename syntax on a Windows computer rather than a file:/// URL as the SRC= attribute. The image will not be loaded on the web page--it will...