Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.
Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within a protected container in the browser like the other types of HTML or Mi...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO132 - Restrict File Download
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File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.
Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the download. User preferences may also allow the download to occur withou...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security
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DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher
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Application add-ins must be signed by Trusted Publisher.
Office 2010 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow an application to load a dangerous add-i...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO128 - Data Execution Prevention
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Data Execution Prevention must be enforced.
Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies performing additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system. The primary benefit of...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO119 - Turn off file validation
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Configuration for file validation must be enforced.
Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened.Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO110 - Set default file block behavior
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Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.
Users can open, view, or edit a large number of file types in PowerPoint 2010. Some file types are safer than others, as some could allow malicious code to become active on user computers or the n...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone
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Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.
This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling this policy setting, files downloaded from the Internet zone do not open in...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO288 - Files in unsafe locations
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DTOO292 - Set document behavior
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Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.
This policy key controls the behavior of how Office documents should be handled when failing File Validation. The options available are: -Block files completely. This will prevent users from openin...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO293 - Turn off Protected View for attachments
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Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.
This policy setting allows for determining if Excel files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View. If disab...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO319 - Disable Slide Update
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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.