Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Save commands default file format must be configured.
This policy setting governs the default format for new presentation files that users create. If you enable this policy setting, when a user creates a new blank presentation, it is in the specified ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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SRG-APP-000141
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Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.
This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO) can access the Visual Basic for Applications project system in the spe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000112
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Protection from zone elevation must be enforced in PowerPoint.
Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local computer have the fewest security restrictions and reside in the Local Machine ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000488
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SRG-APP-000210
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Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.
This policy setting allows for determining whether PowerPoint files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141
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SRG-APP-000210
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Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced in PowerPoint Viewer.
The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://username:password@example.com. A malicious user might use this URL syntax to ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000112
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The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled in PowerPoint Viewer.
Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the secur...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint Viewer.
To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Offic...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000112
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Scripted Window Security must be enforced in PowerPoint Viewer.
Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000207
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Add-on Management functionality must be allowed in PowerPoint Viewer.
Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons may contain viruses or other malicious code. Disabling or not configuring ...Rule Medium Severity
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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.