> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Kuss [mailto:kuss@pi.infn.it] > Sent: Mon, January 20, 2003 10:55 PM > To: psyche-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, zhiren wrote: > > > Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: > > > > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; > > 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, > > and enter this code: > > Sub AViciousCode > > Shell( "rm -rf ./asdf",2) > > end sub > > 3. Now run it to see your asdf file has gone! > > well, something to think about. However, your system is only > gone if you > do this a root. If I remember right, there is a warning > popping up if you > use root with gnome. I don't know surely, because I 'su' always. I think Lindows users should really be worried about this. > > However, for the user files you seem to be right, and I don't > know how you > can check beforehand if a document contain a macro like this, > which might > be executed when opening it. I'm a little worried, because I > quite often > have to open ppt and/or sdd files which are not mine. Any advices? > > Cheers, > > Michael I wonder if it is possible to make a list of potentially dangerous functions (like "Shell") and allow users to enable them (disable them by default) or warn user when macro attempts to execute such functions. > > > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
