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Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000210
Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint.
Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint.
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Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked in PowerPoint.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be controlled separately for instances of Internet Explorer spawned by Office applications (for example, if a user clicks a link in an Office document or selects a menu option that loads a web page). If Internet Explorer attempts to load a malformed URL, a security risk could occur.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>