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Microsoft Word 2013 STIG

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

    <VulnDiscussion>Office File Validation helps detect and prevent a kind of exploit known as a file format attack or file fuzzing attack. File ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO110 - Set default file block behavior

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  • Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can open, view, or edit a large number of file types in Office 2013. Some file types are safer than others, as some co...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone

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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
  • DTOO288 - Files in unsafe locations

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    Group
  • Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting determines if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If unsafe locations have not...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO292 - Set document behavior

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    Group
  • Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy key controls the behavior of how Office documents should be handled when failing file validation. By requiring su...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO293 - Turn off Protected View for attachments

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    Group
  • Attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if Word files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If enabling this poli...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO328 - Use online translation dictionaries

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  • Online translation dictionaries must not be used.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting allows you to prevent online dictionaries from being used for the translation of text through the Research pane....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO333 - Word 2 and earlier binary documents

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  • Word 2 and earlier binary documents and templates must be blocked for open/save.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO334 - Word 2000 binary documents and templates

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    Group
  • Word 2000 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO336 - Word 6.0 binary documents and templates

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files saved in the specified format. Enabling block o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • Word 95 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This setting specifies whether users can open, view, edit, or save files saved in the specified format. Enabling the editing ...
    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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