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Word 97 binary documents and templates must be configured to edit in protected view.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 security attacks (which are attacks that occur during between the time that a vulnerability becomes publicly known and a software update or service pack is available) by temporarily preventing users from opening specific types of files and to prevent a user from opening files that have been saved in earlier and pre-release (beta) Microsoft Office formats.

Property Value
Responsibility System Administrator

ID
SV-53595r1_rule
Version
DTOO338
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2013 -> Word Options -> Security -> Trust Center -> File Block Settings "Word 97 binary documents and templates" to "Enabled: Allow editing and open in Protected View".