DTOO409 - The ability to create an online presentation programmatically must be disabled.

Information

Allowing online presentations to be created programmatically allows for the capability of malicious content to become imbedded in those programmatically created presentations.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Present Online -> 'Restrict programmatic access for creating online presentations in PowerPoint and Word' to 'Enabled'.

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-228546r961092_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO409, STIG-Legacy|SV-53211, STIG-Legacy|V-40879, Vuln-ID|V-228546

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 2146e7ff54a3db11c2d9b504ebf3d3535c34317f0df68419d5a8cfd9f773548b