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Yet Another Zip Trick

55 pointsby todsacerdotilast Wednesday at 12:01 PM14 commentsview on HN

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wingmanjdtoday at 1:19 AM

Since docx files are similar to a zip file with the extension changed, could this trick fake out Microsoft Word?

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soupfordummiesyesterday at 11:31 PM

Obviously it sucks in the real world but I do always appreciate the cleverness of exploits like these.

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o11ctoday at 2:04 AM

I don't see anything "another" about this; this problem is well known by $((CURRENTYEAR-10)) or so.

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