Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld) [LWN.net]

Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)

Posted Jun 1, 2006 1:02 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld) by jhardin
Parent article: Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)

If the format dictates when the macro is executed and what it can do, it affects the security. That's my point. Otherwise it's an application bug/feature.

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Macro virus for Staroffice discovered (Techworld)

Posted Jun 1, 2006 4:01 UTC (Thu) by dwheeler (subscriber, #1216) [Link]

ODF has some program-like capabilities defined (e.g., for graphs), but they are all strictly limited. The way the ODF spec is designed, I doubt there is a requirement that makes it impossible to be secure.