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# IQY

IQY files are related to Microsoft Excel, they allow you to query data from a specific internet site and retrieve the information directly into an excel worksheet.

We can leverage these IQY files to retrieve Net-NTLM hashes.

### TODO

{% embed url="<http://www.labofapenetrationtester.com/2015/08/abusing-web-query-iqy-files.html>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.vertex42.com/News/excel-web-query.html>" %}