DTOO193 - Automation Security to enforce macro level security in Office documents must be configured.

Information

When a separate program is used to launch Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, or Word programmatically, any macros can run in the programmatically opened application without being blocked. This functionality could allow an attacker to use automation to run malicious code in Excel, PowerPoint, or Word.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Security Settings 'Automation Security' to 'Enabled (Use application macro security level)'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_OfficeSystem_2013_V2R2_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(4), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001170, Rule-ID|SV-228545r961092_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO193, STIG-Legacy|SV-52730, STIG-Legacy|V-17741, Vuln-ID|V-228545

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 19f8a39f6e05f6c9c46f8836f1dc4040bfd3a1a87493dc177852bf6f92ee6278