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 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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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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Minimal permissions for EXCEL COM operations
I have a situation where i'm trying to limit the required permissions for an account that leverages Excel COM / process operations.
Worth to be noted, this account is an AD Managed Service Account.
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Secure authentication method for creating an Excel data connection to SQL Server
My company has a website with data stored in Microsoft SQL Server on the production server. The production server is not in Active Directory. The firewall allows connections to the production SQL ...
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