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Microsoft Excel 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO...
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  • SRG-APP-000112

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  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...
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  • SRG-APP-000488

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting lets you determine if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If you have not spe...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Document behavior if file validation fails must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how Office handles documents when they fail file validation. If you enable this policy setting, ...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Excel attachments opened from Outlook must be in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine if Excel files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If you enable this ...
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  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • WEBSERVICE functions must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls how Excel will warn users when WEBSERVICE functions are present. If you enable this policy setti...
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  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Corrupt workbook options must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether Excel presents users with a list of data extraction options before beginning an Open and...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Macros must be blocked from running in Office files from the Internet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to block macros from running in Office files that come from the Internet. If you enable this ...
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  • SRG-APP-000210

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  • Files on local Intranet UNC must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting lets you determine if files on local Intranet UNC file shares open in Protected View. If you enable this ...
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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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