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Microsoft Excel 2010

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    <VulnDiscussion>Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install

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  • ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO132 - Restrict File Download

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  • File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security

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  • Scripted Window Security must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher

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  • Application add-ins must be signed by Trusted Publisher.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office 2010 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO128 - Data Execution Prevention

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  • Data Execution Prevention must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies performing additional checks on memory to help...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO118 - Do not show data extraction options

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  • Open/Save actions for Dif and Sylk 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO113 - Macrosheets and add-in files

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  • Open/Save actions for Excel 2 macrosheets and add-in 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO114 - Excel 2 worksheets

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 2 worksheets 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO115 - Excel 3 macrosheets and add-in files

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 3 macrosheets and add-in 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO116 - Excel 3 worksheets

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  • Open/Save actions for Excel 3 worksheets 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO105 - Excel 4 macrosheets and add-in files

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  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 macrosheets and add-in 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO106 - Excel 4 workbooks

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  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 workbooks 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO107 - Excel 4 worksheets

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 worksheets 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO108 - Excel 95 workbooks

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  • Actions for Excel 95 workbooks must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO109 - Excel 95-97 workbooks and templates

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    Group
  • Actions for Excel 95-97 workbooks and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO110 - Set default file block behavior

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  • Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can open, view, or edit a large number of file types in Excel 2010. Some file types are safer than others, as some cou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO120 -Web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets

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  • Open/Save actions for Web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets 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 ...
    Rule Low Severity
  • DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone

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  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling thi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO288 - Files in unsafe locations

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  • Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting determines if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If unsafe locations have not...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy key controls the behavior of how Office documents should be handled when failing File Validation. The options ava...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO293 - Turn off Protected View for attachments

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  • Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if Excel files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this pol...
    Rule Medium Severity

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