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I - Mission Critical Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000207

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  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 workbooks must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 4 worksheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Actions for Excel 95 workbooks must be configured to edit in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Actions for Excel 95-97 workbooks and templates must be configured to edit in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Blocking as default file block opening behavior must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine if users can open, view, or edit Excel files. If you enable this policy setting, ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Enabling IE Bind to Object functionality must be present.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer performs a number of safety checks before initializing an ActiveX control. It will not initialize a control...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Dif and Sylk files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 2 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 2 worksheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 3 macrosheets and add-in files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Open/Save actions for Excel 3 worksheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Saved from URL mark to assure Internet zone processing must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Typically, when Internet Explorer loads a web page from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) share that contains a Mark of the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation wi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for web pages and Excel 2003 XML spreadsheets must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Files from the Internet zone must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If you enable ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Open/Save actions for dBase III / IV files must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Excel files with the format specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • Navigation to URLs embedded in Office products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To protect users from attacks, Internet Explorer usually does not attempt to load malformed URLs. This functionality can be c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000112

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    Group
  • Scripted Window Security must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious websites often try to confuse or trick users into giving a site permission to perform an action allowing the site t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Add-on Management functionality must be allowed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer add-ons are pieces of code, run in Internet Explorer, to provide additional functionality. Rogue add-ons ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • Add-ins to Office applications must be signed by a Trusted Publisher.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether add-ins for the specified Office 2016 applications must be digitally signed by a trusted...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000207

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    Group
  • Links that invoke instances of Internet Explorer from within an Office product must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Pop-up Blocker feature in Internet Explorer can be used to block most unwanted pop-up and pop-under windows from appearin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000131

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    Group
  • Trust Bar Notifications for unsigned application add-ins must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether the specified Office 2016 applications notify users when unsigned application add-ins ar...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000209

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    Group
  • File Downloads must be configured for proper restrictions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disabling this setting allows websites to present file download prompts via code without the user specifically initiating the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000210

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    Group
  • All automatic loading from trusted locations must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows administrators to disable all trusted locations in the specified applications. Trusted locations s...
    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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