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Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • DTOO104 - Disable user name and password

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  • Disabling of user name and password syntax from being used in URLs must be enforced in PowerPoint.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) standard allows user authentication to be included in URL strings in the form http://usern...
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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • The Internet Explorer Bind to Object functionality must be enabled in PowerPoint.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control...
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  • DTOO117 - Saved from URL

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  • The Saved from URL mark must be selected to enforce Internet zone processing in PowerPoint.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the...
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  • DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...
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  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

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  • Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked in PowerPoint.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearin...
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  • DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the applicat...
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  • DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions

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  • 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Versions of file formats from pre-release versions of Office applications may introduce bugs found in those pre-release versi...
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  • DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations

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  • All automatic loading from Trusted Locations must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-...
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  • DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML

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  • Enforce encrypted macros to be scanned in open XML documents must be determined and configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When an Office Open XML document (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is rights-managed, or password-protected, any macros embedded ...
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  • DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are a...
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siemur/test-space

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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