At least for now, ssconvert does not execute any macro. Regards, Jean
Le mardi 22 juin 2010 à 16:14 +0200, Helge Hafting a écrit : > The "ssconvert" utility can convert gnumeric, openoffice and excel > spreadsheets to latex. > > But is this conversion safe in case of macro viruses? At least excel can > have those, I don't know about the other two. > > > I plan on using this to implement spreadsheet import in the LyX document > processor. But this will be allowed *only* if there is a guarantee that > "ssconvert" can be used safely. > > So I wonder: Will ssconvert merely read the spreadsheet and output some > latex code, or are there cases where it will also execute script code > embedded in the spreadsheet? > > In the latter case, is there a way of avoiding this, such as using > options for suppressing such scripts. > > > I do not worry about ssconvert doing math calculation, the problem is > script/macro languages capable of reading/writing arbitrary files, or > even executing arbitrary binaries. Such things makes it possible to > propagate a macro virus, a capability that is not allowed. > > Helge Hafting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnumeric-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list _______________________________________________ gnumeric-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumeric-list
