STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

Extraction options must be blocked when opening corrupt Excel workbooks.

DISA Rule

SV-223327r508019_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-223327

Group Title

SRG-APP-000207

Rule Version

O365-EX-000018

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001662 - The information system takes organization-defined corrective action when organization-defined unacceptable mobile code is identified.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Excel 2016 >> Data Recovery >> Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks to "Enabled".

Check Contents

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Excel 2016 >> Data Recovery >> Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks is set to "Enabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options

If the value for extractdatadisableui is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-223327

Documentable

False

Rule Version

O365-EX-000018

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Excel 2016 >> Data Recovery >> Do not show data extraction options when opening corrupt workbooks is set to "Enabled".

Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key:

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options

If the value for extractdatadisableui is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4099

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