1.14 O365-CO-000012

Information

Office applications must not load XML expansion packs with Smart Documents.

GROUP ID: V-223294
RULE ID: SV-223294r961863

This policy setting controls whether Office 365 ProPlus applications can load an XML expansion pack manifest file with a Smart Document.

Solution

Set the policy value for

User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2016 >> Smart Documents (Word, Excel) >> Disable Smart Document's use of manifests

to 'Enabled'.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26066