Notes: This fragment is a highly suspicious/malicious spreadsheet-style payload combining (1) client-side command execution attempts via cmd/DDE constructs and (2) exfiltration of spreadsheet cell contents to an attacker-controlled domain via WEBSERVICE and IMPORTXML URL query parameters, with an additional lure link via HYPERLINK. Treat as actively dangerous when opened/evaluated in spreadsheet software.

Confidence: 0.90

Severity: 1.00

From: Cargo.lock → cargo/jsonguard@0.2.4

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