Microsoft builds a sandbox for Office 2010

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  1. ronjor

    ronjor Global Moderator

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    ronjor, Jul 24, 2009
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    Brilliant news, thank you :thumb:

    Any news on any kind of beta?
     
    elapsed, Jul 24, 2009
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    Some data formats also contain small parts of programming code, have macro's wiritten in VBA, some contain meta data with code in it, some are in a format which also contains code, how much variations do you want?
     
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    See this thread:

    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=245775

    Note that by using the .rtf extension, the attack can run from within MSWord, or Wordpad, if MSWord is not installed, as in the case with aigle.

    Here is an old article, describing another means of using Office documents to drop malware:

    Microsoft Office Security, part one
    http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1874

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    Rmus, Jul 28, 2009
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