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Guru3D.com » News » Critical NTFS bug in Windows 10 can corrupt HDD/SSD filesystem

Critical NTFS bug in Windows 10 can corrupt HDD/SSD filesystem

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/15/2021 11:39 AM | source: hardware.info | 31 comment(s)
Critical NTFS bug in Windows 10 can corrupt HDD/SSD filesystem

Let me start off by declaring, DO NOT try to replicate/attempt what we write here in this article as it's very dangerous. A new vulnerability in Windows 10 has been detected, in specific if you have an NTFS formatted HDD/SSD.

And yes, NTFS if what pretty much everybody uses in Windows 10. Explained in its most simple essence the bug envokes triggering the filesystem/volume on a storage unit (NTFS formatted) to become corrupt. All you need to do is type one command line, and you can do so with limited privileges meaning you do not need to be an admin. And that by itself makes this a big vulnerability. Do NOT try this yourself! You have been warned:

 
 

Running this one command line causes hard drive errors that immediately corrupt the file system. The user is thereby forced to restart the computer to repair the damaged file system. The issue was found by infosec researcher Jonas L. A disk can be corrupted simply by accessing the $ i30 NTFS attribute in a folder. The command line shown below the precise example command that can damage the file system of a disk. The Windows ntfs index attribute, or $ i30 string, is associated with a directory that contains a list of files and subfolders of a folder. In some cases, the ntfs index may also contain deleted files and folders, which can be useful for sending the problem report to Microsoft. It is unclear why access to this attribute damages the disk, Jonas betokens that a registry key that would help diagnose the problem is not working. After running the command in Windows 10 command prompt and pressing Enter, the user will see an error message saying "The file or folder is corrupt and cannot be read." Windows 10 will immediately start displaying notifications asking the user to restart their PC and recover the damaged disk volume. On reboot, disk check is performed to repair the hard disk, reports Dutch website Hardware Info, who's source was securitynewspaper.


The vulnerability was discovered around the Windows 10 April 2018 update and has not been resolved to this day. according to a spokesperson for Microsoft, a solution is being worked on as soon as possible.



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jststojc
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#5877742 Posted on: 01/15/2021 11:52 AM
Sorry im a bit confused. Does it corrupt the filesystem or actually the drive? Because the title suggests it can actually make hardware faults, whilst the text would rather suggest it only makes the filesystem corrupt.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5877749 Posted on: 01/15/2021 12:23 PM
I'll clear that text up a little, the file system e.g. volume will get corrupted. Likely it can be resolved after checking/fixing, and after a format, the HDD/SSD should be alive again.

cool_recep
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#5877750 Posted on: 01/15/2021 12:24 PM
*NTFS

Kaarme
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#5877757 Posted on: 01/15/2021 12:44 PM
Luckily that's something few people could do by accident.

anticupidon
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#5877761 Posted on: 01/15/2021 12:47 PM
So, the internet will be flooded with messages:
"Wanna speed your Windows 10 with this small command?" or " Microsoft hates this trick, use it to make your Windows 10 more private, faster, etc"
And gullible people will do it. Guess that means more work for tech repair people.
Microsoft is really a good company, gives us techies a lot of work. :confused:
Thanks, Microsoft!
/heavy sarcasm ended

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