Another security flaw.
Jerry Feldman
gaf at blu.org
Fri Sep 13 14:09:03 EDT 2002
We all know Microsoft Office files are security hells. Here's more
affirmation:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/09/13/microsoft.word.bug.ap/index.html
How it works, according to the article:
" The attacker sends the victim a bugged document, usually with a request
that the document be revised and returned to the sender -- a common form of
daily communication. When the document is changed and sent back, the file
the attacker wants to steal is attached. "
BTW: Open Office 1.0.1 is an excellent free alternative to Microsoft
Office. (http://www.openoffice.org). OpenOffice 1.0 is essentially the open
source version of Sun's Star Office 6.0.
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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