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Microsoft Excel 2010

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • 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. &...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    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.

    &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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    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.

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

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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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