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  • DTOO111 - Enable IE Bind to Object

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  • 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...
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  • DTOO117 - Saved from URL

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  • 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...
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  • DTOO123-Block Navigation to URL from Office

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  • Navigation to URL's 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...
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  • DTOO129 - Block Pop-Ups

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  • Links that invoke instances of IE 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...
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  • 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 be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application...
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  • DTOO210 - Block opening of pre-release versions

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  • Pre-release versions of file formats new to Office Products must be blocked.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting controls whether users with the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word 2010 File Formats installed ...
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  • DTOO133-Disable all trusted locations

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  • All automatic loading from Trusted Locations must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-...
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  • DTOO142 - Force Scan Encr. Macros in open XML

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  • Force encrypted macros to be scanned in open XML documents must be determined and configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When an Office Open XML document (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is rights-managed, or password-protected, any macros embedded ...
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  • DTOO134 - Trusted locations on computer

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  • Disallowance of Trusted Locations on the network must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Files located in Trusted Locations and specified in the Trust Center are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are a...
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  • DTOO139 - Save files default format

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  • Save files default format must be configured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users create new document files, Word 2010 saves them in the new Word 2010 .docx format. Ensure this setting is enabled...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • DTOO302 - Don't update Links at Open

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  • The automatically update links feature must be configured as off.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When users open documents Word automatically updates any links to external content, such as graphics, Excel worksheets, and P...
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  • DTOO303 - Warn before printing

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  • A warning before printing that the document contains tracking changes must be provided.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tracked changes or comments embedded within a document may contain sensitive, insulting, or embarrassing information that the...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • DTOO124 - Scripted Window Security

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

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  • Application add-ins must be signed by Trusted Publisher.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office 2010 applications do not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. Disabling or not con...
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  • DTOO128 - Data Execution Prevention

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  • Data Execution Prevention must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies performing additional checks on memory to help...
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  • DTOO119 - Turn off file validation

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  • Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened. &...
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  • DTOO110 - Set default file block behavior

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users can open, view, or edit a large number of file types in Word 2010. Some file types are safer than others, as some coul...
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  • DTOO121 - Files from the Internet zone

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting allows for determining if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If enabling thi...
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  • DTOO288 - Files in unsafe locations

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  • Files in unsafe locations must be opened in Protected View.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This policy setting determines if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If unsafe locations have not...
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siemur/test-space

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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