[mso] Re: Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft
- From: "Charles R. Buchanan" <crbgfblab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:17:04 -0700
I'll put my money on Dian! :-) (no offense Greg, but it gets PRETTY lonely
on the couch!) :-)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson
>Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:03 PM
>To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [mso] Re: Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft
>
>
>
>Hmmm...have we started a family feud among the Chapmans? LOL
>
>One says it's a "pretty serious hole", while the other says "This is
>not so much as a security hole, as everyone is SUDDENLY talking
>about"....sooo, who do we believe?...Ms Dian or "Greggie"?
>
>Greggie? ROFL
>
>Linda
>Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers
>Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop
>http://personal-computer-tutor.com
>FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial
>http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of Greg Chapman
>Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:52 PM
>To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [mso] Re: Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft
>
>
>
>Well, Woody has been reporting this publicly for a couple weeks now. It
>is a
>pretty serious hole and the problem with it is what the black hats will
>develop to take advantage of it, not the flaw itself. The thing that
>ticks
>me most about it, though, is that I (and Dian was there to hear it) told
>MS
>Word engineers that something like this was going to show up and that it
>would allow hackers to even steal 'signed' credentials. So when I
>digitally
>sign a Word template for distribution and the safety tag is there that
>says
>"Greggie's signature is on this template, do you trust him?" someone
>else
>can steal that sig and use it to pass unsage code. Suddenly, those keyed
>signatures are valueless and we're right back where we started on this
>Word
>macro virus problem.
>
>*************************************************************
>You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to
>mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to
>mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe
>
>Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This
>will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or
>vacation (no mail).
>//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
>
>To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the
>group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will
>be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of
>the files group, you can go here to upload/download files:
>http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles
>*************************************************************
>
---
Look OUT you varmits, This msg is Virus Free!
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/2002
*************************************************************
You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or
MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to
mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe
Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow
you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail).
//www.freelists.org/webpage/mso
To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a
request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with
instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to
upload/download files:
http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles
*************************************************************
Other related posts:
