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Microsoft Word 2010 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone

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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.

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

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  • Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.

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

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  • Navigation to URL's embedded in Office products must be blocked.

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

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  • Links that invoke instances of IE from within an Office product must be blocked.

    &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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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 be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions

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  • Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether users with the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word 2010 File Formats installed ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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-...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML

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  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling thi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Force 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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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