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Holes in PowerPoint and Excel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everybody-point-and-laugh dept.

jeffy124 writes: "Looks like it's time for IIS and Outlook to make room on the pedestal of security holes. Just about every recent version of PowerPoint and Excel are vulnerable to being taken over to control the system remotely. The hole is a macro-related, as it's possible to bypass asking the user if they'd like a macro to run. Microsoft's advisory can be found here." Funny. I always thought that PowerPoint was already at least as destructive as macro viruses to corporate productivity. You ever watch a suit fiddle with his presentation?

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  1. Must be a slow news day... by Microsift · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    If a story about a vulnerability in Microsoft created software is considered news.:)

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    My other sig is extremely clever...
  2. Re:Suits? No. Teachers? Yes. by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    In my day, every teacher was proficient in cranking out mimeographs with purple ink. They used a big heavy machine with a crank on the side, and wasted no time doing it. Typing mistakes were corrected with hand scribbles.

    We didn't need no friggin PowerPoint presentations. I wouldn't want to view a presentation that doesn't have that distinctive purple ink smell.

  3. Re:This hole could be in more versions that listed by TheMidget · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ...Dia (which you mentioned yourself)...

    Oops, confused this with another reply. It was actually grammar nazi who mentioned prefering dia. Sorry.