Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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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 -
SRG-APP-000207
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SRG-APP-000112
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SRG-APP-000488
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ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction in PowerPoint Viewer.
Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Mi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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SRG-APP-000210
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Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint.
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.
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-000210
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Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.
This policy setting controls how Office handles documents when they fail file validation. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the following options for files that fail file validat...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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SRG-APP-000209
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File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions in PowerPoint Viewer.
Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferences may also allow the download to occur without...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.