MS Office Leaks Sensitive Data
Chris Halsall writes
"Microsoft has acknowledged a security vulnerability in its Office application suite that can potentially reveal sensitive data residing on a user's computer.
"The bug reveals information that resides in a user's RAM and memory buffers -- such as user IDs and passwords -- when users save Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. To access the potentially sensitive information contained inside a document, a user simply has to open the file using a text-editing program such as BBEdit or Windows Notepad.
Get more info here. " This is apparently true for the Mac as well, but because the Mac doesn't have OLE support, issuing a workaround will be even more difficult. Anyone know anything more on this?
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