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III - Administrative Public

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • DTOO139 - Save files default format

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  • Save files default format must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users create new Excel files, Excel 2010 saves them in the new *.xlsx format. Ensure this setting is enabled to specify ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO146-Disable Trust access to VB Project Macros

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  • Trust access for VBA must be disallowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO304 - VBA Macro Warning settings

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  • Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users open files containing VBA Macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO143 - Force File Extension to match type

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  • File types must be configured to provide mismatch warnings.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Excel can load files with extensions that do not match the files' type. For example, if a comma-separated values (CSV) file n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO138 - Internet and Network Path hyperlinks

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  • Internet links and Network UNCs created as embedded hyperlinks must be prevented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users type a string of characters, Excel recognizes as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Naming Convention (UN...
    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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