https://blog.orange.tw/posts/2025-01-worstfit-unveiling-hidden-transformers-in-windows-ansi/
Easy-to-read explanation of how ‘just-trying-to-be-helpful’ Best-Fit Unicode equivalents in MS code pages are an attack surface for injection of naughty characters in code-page-handling apps.
Eg, Yen (¥), and Won (₩) map to ‘\’ on JK code pages.
(＂ U+FF02) maps to ‘“’.
The map of (√π⁷≤∞) to ‘vp7=8’ makes sense, is nice, but what were they thinking!?
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