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Microsoft Excel 2010

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Update of automatic links must be configured to prompt.

    <VulnDiscussion>If an Excel workbook contains links to other documents and users are not prompted to approve them, the contents of the workbo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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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