STIGQter: STIG Summary: Microsoft Office System 2010 STIG Version: 1 Release: 12 Benchmark Date: 27 Apr 2018:

Customer-submitted templates downloads from Office.com must be disallowed.

DISA Rule

SV-34087r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-26631

Group Title

DTOO312 - Customer-submitted templates downloads

Rule Version

DTOO312 - Office System

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001170 - The information system prevents the automatic execution of mobile code in organization-defined software applications.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Web Options... “Disable customer-submitted templates downloads from Office.com” to “Enabled”.

Check Contents

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Web Options... “Disable customer-submitted templates downloads from Office.com” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet

Criteria: If the value DisableCustomerSubmittedDownload is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-26631

Documentable

False

Rule Version

DTOO312 - Office System

Severity Override Guidance

The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Tools | Options | General | Web Options... “Disable customer-submitted templates downloads from Office.com” must be set to “Enabled”.

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

HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet

Criteria: If the value DisableCustomerSubmittedDownload is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Responsibility

Information Assurance Officer

Target Key

2105

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