---
id: 8251
title: "The Way Back Machine – Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/the-way-back-machine-microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a/"
published_at: "2014-03-27T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["code-review", "secure-coding", "retrospective", "static-analysis", "checkmarx", "microsoft-word"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8251"
lang: en
---

# The Way Back Machine – Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a

## Summary

After Microsoft open-sourced Word for Windows 1.1a, a CheckMarx scan of the 1980s C++ codebase surfaced strcpy-style unsafe functions and 123 gotos—showing how far secure coding has come.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2014-03-27T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/the-way-back-machine-microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8251