DTOO304 - Word - Warning Bar settings for VBA macros must be configured.

Information

When users open files containing VBA Macros, applications open the files with the macros disabled and displays the Trust Bar with a warning that macros are present and have been disabled. Users may then enable these macros by clicking Options on the Trust Bar and selecting the option to enable them. Disabling or not configuring this setting may allow dangerous macros to become active on user computers or the network.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2010 -> Word Options -> Security -> Trust Center 'VBA Macro Notification Settings' to 'Enabled (Disable all with notification)'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Word_2010_V1R11_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-33619r2_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO304, Vuln-ID|V-17545

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: b0032c81c397f71e7ab261ca7b98e42f491e7df1472a9f5cbc7bf3522b388f1b