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MS-Word handling bug shoots down StarOffice

Thread starter The_Unbeliever
Start date Sep 21, 2009

The_Unbeliever

Honorary Master

Sep 21, 2009

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/21/staroffice_security_bug/

Problems in handling Microsoft Word documents by Sun's open source alternatives created a code injection risk. Users induced into opening malformed documents could wind up with pwned Windows PCs because of the bug, just the sort of thing hackers running targeting attacks might be interested in exploiting.

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