DTOO119 - Word - Configuration for file validation must be enforced.

Information

Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Word 2010 -> Word Options -> Security 'Turn off file validation' to 'Disabled'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Word_2010_V1R12_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-18(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001695, Rule-ID|SV-33875r1_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO119, Vuln-ID|V-26592

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 16e04add1c25544d02bbc1394e419d8da87e91d1c7e13795e29e09d8d3448a61