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  • DTOO292 - Set document behavior

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  • Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened. &...
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  • DTOO122 - dBase III / IV files

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  • Open/Save actions for dBase III / IV files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified ...
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  • DTOO112 - Dif and Sylk files

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  • DTOO104 - Disable user name and password

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  • Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://usern...
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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control...
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  • DTOO117 - Saved from URL

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  • Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a Web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the...
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  • DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office

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  • Navigation to URL's embedded in Office products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...
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  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

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  • Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearin...
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  • DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications

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  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an application is configured to require all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application...
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  • DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions

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  • Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel 2010 File Formats installed can open Office Open XML files saved with pre-r...
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  • DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations

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  • Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and Repair...
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  • All automatic loading from Trusted Locations must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-...
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  • DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML

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  • Force encrypted macros to be scanned in open XML documents must be determined and configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When an Office Open XML document (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is rights-managed, or password-protected, any macros embedded ...
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  • DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer

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  • Disallowance of Trusted Locations on the network must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are a...
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  • DTOO139 - Save files default format

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  • Save files default format must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users create new Excel files, Excel 2010 saves them in the new *.xlsx format. Ensure this setting is enabled to specify ...
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  • DTOO146-Disable Trust access to VB Project Macros

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  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though ...
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  • DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings

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  • DTOO119 - Turn off file validation

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  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users open files containing VBA Macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar ...
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  • DTOO143 - Force File Extension to match type

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  • File types must be configured to provide mismatch warnings.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Excel can load files with extensions that do not match the files' type. For example, if a comma-separated values (CSV) file n...
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  • DTOO138 - Internet and Network Path hyperlinks

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  • Internet links and Network UNCs created as embedded hyperlinks must be prevented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users type a string of characters, Excel recognizes as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Naming Convention (UN...
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  • DTOO140 - Disable AutoRepublish

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  • Automatic republish to web pages must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If users choose to publish Excel data to a static Web page and enable the AutoRepublish feature, Excel saves a copy of the da...
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  • DTOO150 - Automatic Link Updates

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  • Update of automatic links must be configured to prompt.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an Excel workbook contains links to other documents and users are not prompted to approve them, the contents of the workbo...
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  • DTOO141 - AutoRepublish Warning Alert

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  • AutoRepublish Warning Alert must be provided.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;AutoRepublish is a feature in Excel allowing workbooks to be automatically republished to the World Wide Web each time the wo...
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  • DTOO152 - Load pics from Web not in Excel

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  • Load pictures from Web pages must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users open Web pages in Excel, Excel loads any graphics included in the pages, regardless of whether they were originall...
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  • DTOO145 - Store macro in workbook

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  • Macro storage must be in Personal macro workbooks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Record Macro dialog box includes a drop-down menu allowing users to choose whether to store the new macro in the current ...
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  • DTOO126 - Add-on Management

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  • Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons ma...
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  • DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection

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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.

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