Excel LTSC 2024’s Macro Mayhem: A Hacker’s Delight or User’s Nightmare?

Beware the wrath of the malicious DOCX! Microsoft Excel LTSC 2024 users, a critical remote code execution vulnerability could spell doom for your Windows machine. Remember: amputate those macros like your digital life depends on it!

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Excel users, brace yourselves! It turns out spreadsheets aren’t the only thing you’ll be crunching this year. With hackers sending out malicious DOCX files like they’re party invitations, your Windows machine might soon be the life of the crash party! It’s time to amputate those macros before they amputate your sanity. Microsoft: making “Excel-lent” security choices since… never?

Key Points:

  • Microsoft Excel LTSC 2024 is vulnerable to a high-critical RCE exploit.
  • Hackers can send malicious DOCX files to execute harmful code on victims’ machines.
  • The exploit uses macros to perform its dirty deeds.
  • Users are advised to disable macros in their Office 365 settings.
  • This vulnerability is part of CVE-2025-47957.

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