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		mxmauro on July 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Office – OLE Packager allows code execut... Why you consider it is a huge security hole? Just because of the OLE Packager bug? COM/DCOM, where OLE rests, can be very secure if they are properly used. By the way, OLE is used widely mainly in Microsoft products.

x0n on July 3, 2015 [–]

I read the post and I don't see any "bugs" pointed out per-se.

mxmauro on July 3, 2015 | [–]

I'm asking about the security issues. Although they usually implies bugs the only one I mentioned is the OLE packager one that generated a big security problem.

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