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Microsoft Word 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Word 6.0 binary documents and templates must be configured for block open/save actions.

    This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block of the specified format mitigates zero-day security attacks (which are at...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Word 95 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing of the specified format in protected view, it mitigates zero-day securit...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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

    Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control if the kill bit for the control is set in the registry, or if the secur...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO117 - Saved from URL

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

    Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the Web (MOTW) comment, indicating the page was saved from a site on the In...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office

    Group
  • A warning before printing that the document contains tracking changes must be provided.

    Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the document owner forgot, or that a contributor may have inserted.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO126 - Add-on Management

    Group
  • DTOO337 - Word 95 binary documents and templates

    Group

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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