ZDNet posted a security article this week Office hit by another security problem.

At first, I thought this was the usual buffer-overrun problem. Not so, but it was the third security problem with Office to surface within a week.

Quoting the article

A weakness in how Office applications handle Macromedia Flash files exposes Microsoft customers to cyberattacks, experts have warned.

Even more telling, though, was the response from Microsoft:

The issue relates to the ability to load ActiveX controls in an Office document and is not a vulnerability but an Office feature, a Microsoft representative said. “This behavior is by design and by itself does not represent a security risk to customers,” he said.

Gee, will they never learn? A freakin” FEATURE?

Microsoft has, for all these years, created applications that are great for the users. Unfortunately, they simply seem not have to considered the security implications. We do not have isolated, unconnected PCs these days.

Microsoft, we”re on the Internet. We”ve been in an Internet world for 10 years, too! Get rid of that abomination called ActiveX. I believe that the security problems of ActiveX, more than other reason, are the reason that over 10% of Windows users do not use Internet Explorer!

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