Tag Archives: Excel

Excel and the Power Query vulnerability

Posted on 2019-07-01 by guenni

[German]Security researchers pointed out a few days ago a potential vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Power Query add-in that could allow a new attack vector. Office security mechanisms can be bypassed and the user does not need to actively intervene to … Continue reading →

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Hotfix for Excel 2013/2016 Chart dll crash bug

Posted on 2018-06-18 by guenni

[German]Users of Excel 2013 and Excel 2016 have been suffering since April 2018 patchday from a bug that crashed the program when accessing charts . But there are hotfixes to fix the problem. Advertising

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December Update blocks ActiveX/Macro execution in Excel 2013

Posted on 2014-12-11 by guenni

Microsoft has released some Security Updates on December Patch day (2014/12/09), also some critical patches (see Security Bulletin MS14-082) for Microsoft Office. It seems that security update KB2553154 for Microsoft Office 2010 causes serious issues. Some users are reporting, that … Continue reading →

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