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Microsoft Office System 2013 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Smart Documents use of Manifests in Office must be disallowed.

    <VulnDiscussion>An XML expansion pack is the group of files that constitutes a Smart Document in Excel and Word. One or more components that ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

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    Group
  • Legacy format signatures must be enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office applications use the XML-based XMLDSIG format to attach digital signatures to documents, including Office 97-2003 bina...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • External Signature Services Menu for Office must be suppressed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can select Add Signature Services (from the Signature Line drop-down menu on the Insert tab of the Ribbon in Excel 2013...
    Rule Medium Severity

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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