[mso] Re: Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft
- From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:59:08 -0400
Hey Dian....I'm not discussing whether Microsoft should or should not
fix this...I think the scenario of someone getting a file from a
stranger who asks them to fix it is pretty farfetched (except for people
like you and me who get them all the time and hopefully we know better
anyway)
What I'm ticked off about is this comment in that article:
"The company said it will definitely repair the problem only for owners
of the most recent versions of the software. That decision -- still left
largely up in the air by Microsoft engineers -- may leave millions of
users of Word 97 without a fix."
What this says to me is...if MS does decide to fix this, then THEY are
recognizing it as a security flaw that needs addressing, but they are
once again thumbing their noses at the people who own the earlier
versions of their software....this is what gripes me.
Linda
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Dian Chapman
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:35 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Microsoft Word flaw may allow file theft
Actually, it's a matter of trust. I could easily send you a document and
trash your computer and you'd never know the difference. Later you'd
suddenly realize you were missing tons of important files and you would
never know it was me that trashed your system.
But if they disabled every "feature" in Word that allowed collaboration,
why even bother using computers!
This is not so much as a security hole, as everyone is SUDDENLY talking
about...even though it's been there for YEARS...as it is a matter of
trusting the folks with whom you do business. If someone sends you a
file to edit and you don't trust them...scan it. Just as you might look
at VBA code before you run it...or disable a macro from someone you
don't know.
I hope MS DOESN'T worry about this one...cos' I'd hate to see some dev
trash an important field feature on the odd chance that someone might be
able to swipe a file from your system.
Sorry, but I find it funny that folks would worry about this far out
scenario happening, yet they have no problem running email scripts to
see pretty pictures in their email...from who knows who...which has such
a larger potential for trashing your system.
Dian Chapman
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