II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000141
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The Office Telemetry Agent and Office applications must be configured to collect telemetry data.
Office Telemetry is a new compatibility monitoring framework. When an Office document or solution is loaded, used, closed, or raises an error in certain Office 2013 applications, the Office Telemet...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Documents must be configured to not open as Read Write when browsing.
By default, when an Office 2013 document on a web server is opened using Internet Explorer, the appropriate application opens the file in read-only mode. However, if the default configuration is ch...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Relying on Vector markup Language (VML) for displaying graphics in browsers must be disallowed.
When saving documents as web pages, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word can save vector-based graphics in Vector Markup Language (VML), which enables Internet Explorer to display them smoothly at any resol...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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Automation Security to enforce macro level security in Office documents must be configured.
When a separate program is used to launch Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, or Word programmatically, any macros can run in the programmatically opened application without being blocked. This fun...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000210
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The ability to create an online presentation programmatically must be disabled.
Allowing online presentations to be created programmatically allows for the capability of malicious content to become imbedded in those programmatically created presentations.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
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Document metadata for password protected files must be protected.
When an Office Open XML document is protected with a password and saved, any metadata associated with the document is encrypted along with the rest of the document's contents. If this configuration...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
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The encryption type for password protected Open XML files must be set.
If unencrypted files are intercepted, sensitive information in the files can be compromised. To protect information confidentiality, Microsoft Office application files can be encrypted and password...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
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The encryption type for password protected Office 97 thru Office 2003 must be set.
If unencrypted files are intercepted, sensitive information in the files can be compromised. To protect information confidentiality, Microsoft Office application files can be encrypted and password...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000231
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Passwords for secured documents must be enforced.
If 2013 Office users add passwords to documents, other users can be prevented from opening the documents. This capability can provide an extra level of protection to documents already protected by ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000209
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Trust Bar notifications for Security messages must be enforced.
The Message Bar in Office applications is used to identify security issues, such as unsigned macros or potentially unsafe add-ins. When such issues are detected, the application disables the unsafe...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000209
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Load controls in forms3 must be disabled from loading.
ActiveX controls are Component Object Model (COM) objects and have unrestricted access to users' computers. ActiveX controls can access the local file system and change the registry settings of the...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000131
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Users must be prevented from using or inserting apps that come from the Office Store.
This policy setting allows users to be prevented from using or inserting apps that come from the Office Store. If this policy setting is enabled, apps from the Office Store are blocked. If this pol...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000328
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Changing permissions on rights managed content for users must be enforced.
This setting controls whether Office 2013 users can change permissions for content that is protected with Information Rights Management (IRM). The Information Rights Management feature of Office 20...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000328
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Office must be configured to not allow read with browsers.
The Windows Rights Management Add-on for Internet Explorer provides a way for users who do not use the 2013 Office release to view, but not alter, files with restricted permissions. By default, IRM...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000340
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Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.
Users are not required to connect to the network to verify permissions. If users do not need their licenses confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access document...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000488
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ActiveX control initialization must be disabled.
ActiveX controls can adversely affect a computer directly. In addition, malicious code can be used to compromise an ActiveX control and attack a computer. To indicate the safety of an ActiveX contr...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000488
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Hyperlink warnings for Office must be configured for use.
Unsafe hyperlinks are links that might pose a security risk if users click them. Clicking an unsafe link could compromise the security of sensitive information or harm the computer. Links that Offi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000488
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Document Information panel Beaconing must show UI.
This policy setting controls whether users see a security warning when they open custom Document Information Panels that contain a web beaconing threat. Web beacons can be used to contact an exter...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000429
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Rights managed Office Open XML files must be protected.
When Information Rights Management (IRM) is used to restrict access to an Office Open XML document, any metadata associated with the document is not encrypted. This configuration could allow potent...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000429
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Encrypt document properties must be configured for OLE documents.
This policy setting allows a document's properties to be encrypted. This applies to OLE documents (Office 97-2003 compatible) if the application is configured for CAPI RC4. Disabling this setting...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000456
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Office automatic updates must be enabled for Office products installed via Click-to-Run and configured to use a Trusted site.
This policy setting controls whether the Office automatic updates are enabled or disabled for all Office products installed via Click-to-Run. This policy has no effect on Office products installed ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000033
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Office client polling of SharePoint servers published links must be disabled.
Users of Office applications can see and use links to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server sites from those applications. Administrators configure published links to Office applications during initia...Rule Medium Severity
Node 2
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.