---
id: 8739
title: "The Definitive Guide on Win32 to NT Path Conversion"
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2016/02/the-definitive-guide-on-win32-to-nt.html"
published_at: "2016-02-29T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["vulnerability-research", "windows", "win32", "nt-paths", "path-conversion"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8739"
lang: en
---

# The Definitive Guide on Win32 to NT Path Conversion

## Summary

A detailed reference on Win32 to NT path conversion, documenting poorly covered behavior and showing how incomplete path sanitization can lead to exploitable path-handling vulnerabilities.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **Published:** 2016-02-29T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2016/02/the-definitive-guide-on-win32-to-nt.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8739