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Attackers Targeting Unpatched Vulnerability in Excel 2007
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| Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet program has a 0-day vulnerability that
| attackers are exploiting on the Internet, according to security vendor
| Symantec.
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| A 0-day vulnerability is one that does not have a patch and is actively being
| used to attack computers when it is publicly revealed.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/160082/attackers_targeting_unpatched_vulnerability_in_excel_2007.html?tk=rss_news
Critical vulnerability in Excel
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| According to unconfirmed reports, the anti-virus manufacturer Symantec has
| found a trojan that seems to use a security hole in Microsoft Excel to
| remotely execute code on a user's system. The attack is triggered by opening
| a maliciously crafted Excel file, causing an unspecified remote
| code-execution vulnerability.
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http://www.h-online.com/security/Critical-vulnerability-in-Excel--/news/112707
Hackers Exploit Excel 'Zero-Day' Flaw
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160131/hackers_zero_day_excel.html?tk=rss_news
Related:
Buggy Microsoft Excel Patch Causes Bad Math
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| A bug in this week's MS08-014 patch causes Excel to return zeroes instead of
| the correct number when certain types of macros are run within the program.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143467-pg,1/article.html
Trouble In Microsoft World Over Calculator
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| The calculator post seems to be a reaction to a MS KnowledgeBase article
| titled Incorrect Calculator Results When You Use the Percent Key which
| implies the percent function screws up your results when you use it along
| with + or – in any combination. Way to go Microsoft!
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http://blog.teqedge.com/2008/01/15/trouble-in-microsoft-world-over-calculator/
Lehman Excel snafu could cost Barclays dear
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| A formatting fubar involving an Excel spreadsheet has left Barclays Capital
| with contracts involving collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers than it
| never meant to acquire.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/15/lehman_buyout_excel_confusion/
[OOXML] Mathematically Incorrect
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| So when it comes to comparing MSOOXML and ODF v1.0 on the basis of the
| inclusion of "Formula Definitions", it becomes clear that the anti-ODF folk
| have not much to shout about. In fact MSOOXML's "Formula Definition" is
| deficient and inaccurate.
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/07/mathematically-.html
OOXML: The Formula for Failure
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| As I've shown, in the rush to write a 6,000 page standard in less than a
| year, Ecma dropped the ball. OOXML's spreadsheet formula is worse than
| missing. It has incorrect formulas that, if implemented according to the
| standard may cause loss of life, property and capital. This standard is
| seriously messed up. And shame on all those who praised and continue to
| praise the OOXML formula specification without actually reading it.
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/07/formula-for-failure.html
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