Microsoft on Tuesday beefed up security in Office 2003 and Office 2007 on Windows by adding a feature that first appeared in the newer Office 2010 last year.
In Office 2010, the security feature -- labeled Office File Validation (OVE) -- examines older, pre-XML file formats for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher, then opens those that don't conform to the documented format in a special "sandbox" called Protected View.
One recent example: Rigged Word documents that include a malicious Flash file exploiting Abobe's newest zero-day bug are shunted to the Protected View sandbox in Office 2010.
Tuesday, Microsoft made good on a promise last year to bring one part of OVE to Office 2003 and Office 2007.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215785/
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In Office 2010, the security feature -- labeled Office File Validation (OVE) -- examines older, pre-XML file formats for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher, then opens those that don't conform to the documented format in a special "sandbox" called Protected View.
One recent example: Rigged Word documents that include a malicious Flash file exploiting Abobe's newest zero-day bug are shunted to the Protected View sandbox in Office 2010.
Tuesday, Microsoft made good on a promise last year to bring one part of OVE to Office 2003 and Office 2007.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215785/
