DTOO207 - Office System - Document Information panel Beaconing must show UI.

Information

For controlling whether users see a security warning when they open custom Document Information Panels that contain a Web beaconing threat. Web beacons can be used to contact an external server when users open forms. Information could be gathered by the form, or information entered by users could be sent to an external server and cause them to be vulnerable to additional attacks.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Document Information Panel 'Document Information Panel Beaconing UI' to 'Enabled (Always show UI)'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_OfficeSystem_2010_V1R13_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002460, Rule-ID|SV-33458r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO207, Vuln-ID|V-17605

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: eccd97ce5a38536a1577bfe1c4c4b3ba6ff780c90a0b3f450e9ef5c7e4e96c72