Microsoft Excel 2010
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object
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Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.
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 -
DTOO117 - Saved from URL
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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.
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 -
DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups
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Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.
The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearing. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Inte...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications
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Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.
If an application is configured to require all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Bar a...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions
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Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.
The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Excel 2010 File Formats installed can open Office Open XML files saved with pre-release versions of Excel 2010. Excel Open XML files usually have the fol...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations
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Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.
This setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and Repair operation when users choose to open a corrupt workbook in repair or ext...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML
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DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer
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Disallowance of Trusted Locations on the network must be enforced.
Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from Trusted Locations with minimal security and without ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO139 - Save files default format
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DTOO146-Disable Trust access to VB Project Macros
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Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.
VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though the projects do not use Visual Basic for Applications. Design-time suppo...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings
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Node 2
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.