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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

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  • 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
  • DTOO131 - Trust Bar Notifications

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If an application is configured to require all add-ins to be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the applicat...
    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
  • DTOO126 - Add-on Management

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  • 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
  • DTOO209 - Zone Elevation Protection

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  • Protection from zone elevation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Explorer places restrictions on each web page users can use the browser to open. Web pages on a user's local compute...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO211 - Restrict ActiveX Install

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  • ActiveX Installs must be configured for proper restriction.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Microsoft ActiveX controls allow unmanaged, unprotected code to run on the user computers. ActiveX controls do not run within...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO132 - Restrict File Download

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  • 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
  • DTOO127 - Add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office 2013 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO322 - Prompt files to open instead of blocking

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  • Fatally corrupt files must be blocked from opening.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling this setting allows a user to open fatally corrupt Publisher 2013 files. As a result, malicious code or users could...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • DTOO323 - Publisher Automation Security Level

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  • The Publisher Automation Security Level must be configured for high security.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When a separate application is used to launch Publisher 2013 programmatically, any macros can run in the programmatically-ope...
    Rule Medium Severity

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