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Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • DTOO139 - Save files default format

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  • DTOO146-Disable Trust access to VB Project Macros

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  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though the projects do not use Visual Basic for Applications. Design-time suppo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings

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  • DTOO290 - Make Hidden marks visible in PowerPoint

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  • DTOO289 - Running programs in PowerPoint

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  • The ability to run programs from a PowerPoint presentation must be disallowed.

    Action buttons can be used to launch external programs from PowerPoint presentations. If a malicious person adds an action button to a presentation that launches a dangerous program, it could signi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO291 - Linked images

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  • Automatic download of linked images must be disallowed.

    When users insert images into PowerPoint presentations, they can select Link to File instead of Insert. If they do so, the image is represented by a link to a file on disk instead of being embedded...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO126 - Add-on Management

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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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