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September 22nd, 2004, 02:35 PM
#1
Viewing hidden data in msword documents?
I found something interesting while crusing on astalavista. This person had found that microsoft keeps deleted information intact with the word document and that it's just not visible in normal viewing. It's pretty interesting. The links is http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/strikeout/
I was wondering if anyone knows of any tools that will work on windows or how to manually find this information? There are some personal word documents that I've recieved from other people that I would like to look at.
Any help would be great
thanks
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September 22nd, 2004, 03:31 PM
#2
google "metadata". Usually you can see some of the metadata by just looking at the description of the document, and its properties. I'm not sure if its still the same way on the newer office suites, but word 97 was horrendous.
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September 22nd, 2004, 04:24 PM
#3
strings.exe is your friend. It can view the unicode hidden in the documents.
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September 22nd, 2004, 07:08 PM
#4
Just copy it to a .txt file then look at it in Wordpad/Notepad
You will pretty soon learn where to look, as it is consistent in its geography
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October 29th, 2004, 08:21 PM
#5
Junior Member
I have had success with native "strings" on linux. Can be kinda fun. Check out some of the bosses docs, you may find metadata contain within about you!
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November 4th, 2004, 02:23 PM
#6
Junior Member
Metadata tool
This product works pretty well. I've used for forensic examinations.
http://www.payneconsulting.com/publi...p?nProductID=7
George Shrout
CCE, Security+
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December 27th, 2004, 05:42 PM
#7
Junior Member
Also, I had read about this during the sniper fiasco on the east coast, here are a couple of other programs that unix users can use:
"Unix and Linux users can turn to tools such as Antiword and Catdoc to turn the document, including its formatting information, into a simple text file."
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3154479.stm
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February 19th, 2005, 01:42 AM
#8
Junior Member
Bitform released a free tool that shows all kinds of hidden data. It provides an extensive report and it's available for Windows and Unix and can even run on a Mac.
Check www.bitform.net
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February 27th, 2005, 01:02 PM
#9
Junior Member
Well, I think too that the best solution is to copy the .doc file, rename it in .text file, and open it with notepad.
Here is what you can see :
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Alain STEVENS, cyberdetective
Computer Forensics and Internet Investigations
http://www.alainstevens.com
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February 27th, 2005, 01:56 PM
#10
Hmmmmmmmmm
Well that is "raw"
try this
some of you might have heard of the British government's "sexed up" security report re Iraq?
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