Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 STIG
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection
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DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install
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ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction in PowerPoint.
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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DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security
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Scripted Window Security must be enforced in PowerPoint.
Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site to take control of the users' computers in some manner. Disabling or not ...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher
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Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.
Office 2013 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 -
DTOO119 - Turn off file validation
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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 2013. 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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Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.
This policy setting determines if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If unsafe locations have not been specified, only the "Downloaded Program Files" and "Temporary Inte...Rule Medium Severity -
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. By requiring such documents to be opened in Protected View, any potentially malicious c...Rule Medium Severity -
DTOO293 - Turn off Protected View for attachments
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DTOO319 - Disable Slide Update
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The configuration for Slide Update with counterparts must be disallowed.
This setting controls whether users can link slides in a presentation with their counterparts in a PowerPoint Slide Library. If this policy setting is enabled, PowerPoint cannot check the status o...Rule Medium Severity
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.