TL;DR .BGI files can be sent on mail as attachment and can execute code when opened.Requires that BGinfo.exe has been run on the remote machine once. It will also bypass Outlook attachment protection (Fixed with Defense-in-depth patch from September 2017). PowerShell functions to generate BGI and VBSWebMeter here: https://github.com/api0cradle/BGInfo I was acknowledged on […]
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Outlook 2016 crashes without Internet connection
The last month I noticed that everytime I started Outlook without internet connection it crashed. I found this very strange so I started investigating it in more detail. I also talked to a couple of collegaues and they said excact the same. After a lot of trying I nailed it down to the TeamViewer Addon […]
After OAB is downloaded Out-Of-Office stops working
I had a strange Outlook problem few days ago. When we set up a new Outlook profile Out-Of-Office worked, I forced a download of OAB. Then I tested Out-Of-Office again. It did not work!? It stated that OAB must be downloaded. I’ve turned on Expert level logging on OAB and updated OAB. (I also deleted […]
Strange Outlook Autodiscover issues. UPN is used insted of Primary SMTP
We were finish with setting up Exchange 2010, published OWA, ActiveSync Outlook Anywhere (KCD SSO) with co-existent with Exchange 2003 trough ISA. Everything worked good. Autodiscover externaly worked perfect. When we tested mailbox internally we saw that Out-Of-Office did not work. I’ve checked Autodiscover from Outlook client and it searched Autodiscover from wrong SMTP address? […]