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Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint.

    To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Offic...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

    Group
  • DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications

    Group
  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

    If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Ba...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions

    Group
  • The opening of pre-release versions of file formats new to PowerPoint 2013 through the Compatibility Pack for Office 2013 and PowerPoint 2013 Converter must be blocked.

    Versions of file formats from pre-release versions of Office applications may introduce bugs found in those pre-release versions of the applications which have been subsequently fixed in the final ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations

    Group
  • DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML

    Group
  • DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer

    Group
  • Disallowance of Trusted Locations on the network must be enforced.

    Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from Trusted Locations with minimal security and without ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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